Swimmer Kozhakin said that in Magadan there is not enough 50-meter pool for training

Russian swimming champion Ivan Kozhakin, in an interview with , said that he trains in a 25-meter pool and dreams of opening an Olympic-sized pool in Magadan.

Kozhakin lives and trains in Magadan. This week, the 27-year-old athlete was granted neutral status to participate in international tournaments.

— The first “district” appeared in 1967, this date is written at the bottom of the swimming pool. When I swim, I see her and my heart races: we always train in this pool! In 2018-2020, we built standard structures, they are more intended for commerce, so that the population can come and play sports. There are many standard swimming pools and they also built a large presidential building.

There were big plans, they were waiting for a swimming pool of European standards, but in the end they focused on a hockey rink of KHL standards, and the finances were divided between the swimming pool and the water park. As a result, the category B swimming pool was transformed into a category C swimming pool. The depth is 1.7 m, the width of the path is 2 m instead of 2.5 m. It’s beautiful, with nice tables, but overall it’s like a Chinese place. counterfeit.

It is a good swimming pool for children and for primary education. I even talked about it at the opening. But we expected a breeding ground for high-level athletes. So I’m training in quarter 1967. We’re waiting for fifty dollars. As (coach) Alexey Yuryevich Bachin said, when they built the “fifty kopecks” in Obninsk, the results immediately increased. And I also understand that to boost results, you need a 50 m swimming pool. I plan to swim and swim again. I hope I can wait for the “fifty dollars” to show up.

—In theory, you should be the king of the short waters.

– But no. I prefer to swim in big waters, there are fewer technical elements that are difficult for me to master in Magadan. We have stone and tile nightstands, and when I turn them over, I scrape the bottom with my feet. Low water is a technical story; I lose to our breaststroke behemoths in these elements. But I’m trying to catch up,” Kozhakin told .

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Source : MatchTV

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