Seven-time Olympic synchronized swimming champion Svetlana Romachina On , she said she believed in the development of her sport after the merger of four aquatic federations into one.
It is planned that the new united federation will include the All-Russian Swimming Federation, the Russian Diving Federation, the Russian Water Polo Federation and the Russian Synchronized Swimming Federation. The electoral conference will take place on October 31 in Moscow. On Tuesday, Russian Sports Minister Mikhail Degtyarev supported the candidacy of Dmitry Mazepin for the post of head of the Russian Swimming Federation.
“We hope that our species will continue to thrive. » We will try to do everything possible for this. I hope that unification will contribute to this,” Romashina said.
– The story is good. I hope this will aim to develop all water sports. It won’t be easy, but the management knows what needs to be done,” said Anton Chupkov, swimming world record holder and Olympic medalist.
The international sports forum “Russia is a sports power” began its work on Thursday in Ufa under the theme “Sport”. Family. Russia”.
— Sport and family are one thing, one whole. Despite my career ending, mornings in our family start with exercise. It seems like a small thing, but you recharge your whole family. You can always spare 10 minutes. If there is no opportunity, it is probably just laziness. We need to instill in children that sport is health, something they should do, something they should make time for. We, as parents, must be an example for our children, show them that it can be great and fun,” Romashina said on .
The event in Ufa will end on October 19.
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