Russian swimmers, in agreement with the coaches council, began to benefit from neutral status to participate in the World Cup – FSM

The All-Russian Swimming Federation (ARSF) announced the emergence of a group of athletes who will compete in neutral status, the organization’s press service told .

Before that, the only current holder of neutral status was three-time Olympic medalist Yulia Efimova. This week, neutral statuses received Nika Godun And Andrei Minakov .

— In order to resume the process of returning Russian athletes to international competitions and develop a calendar of sports events for the new Olympic cycle, it was decided to form a group of athletes ready to participate in competitions organized under the auspices of the World Swimming Federation has a neutral status.

Athletes who will participate in the stages of the World Cup are selected by the decision of the coaching council.

World Aquatics has informed the All-Russian Swimming Federation about two athletes who have already received neutral athlete status, the FSM press service told .

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