Tatiana Pokrovskaya: “We are of course worried now. We were brutally expelled. »

Head coach of the Russian synchronized swimming team Tatiana Pokrovskaya said that Russian athletes were unfairly excluded from international competitions and also explained what is the secret of the success of domestic synchronized swimmers.

Russian athletes have been suspended from international competitions since 2022 due to the situation in Ukraine. On Sunday, the “Spellbinding Beauty” Synchronized Swimming Festival took place at the Olympic Synchronized Swimming Center.

— Russia has more synchronized swimming champions than any other country. What’s the secret?

— The secret is in the coaches, in the coaching school. We have great coaches all over the world. That’s how we thought while we were there. Our athletes leave, others come, but the results remain. We have the best athletes, but they are trained by the best coaches. Of course, we are now worried. We were brutally expelled. “You can’t be beautiful like that for so long,” as the song says.

— What is the most difficult thing about training athletes in this sport?

– It’s complicated. I recently had an MRI and had to hold my breath. I think what am I doing with the athletes? You also need to work with your hands, feet, without breathing. Poor girls.

What talented athletes we had, I think they exist and will continue to exist. As long as there are interested, talented and intelligent coaches in Russia, synchronized swimming will exist.

— Svetlana Kolesnichenko was also present today as a coach…

– Svetochka Kolesnichenko is our charm. She is a well-mannered, intelligent and hard-working girl. These are rarely born. And everyone who is born rarely takes part in synchronized swimming. She is technical, with such a mathematical mindset,” reports the correspondent of , according to Pokrovskaya.

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