Swimmer Rylov will not qualify for the World Championships based on the results of the Russian Championships

Double Olympic swimming champion Evgeny Rylov will not qualify for the World Championships in December.

The Russian Short Course Swimming Championship begins on November 21. As Vladimir Salnikov, first vice-president of the Russian Swimming Federation, told , this start will become an internal qualifying event for Russian swimmers. According to the rules of neutral status, only one Russian athlete in neutral status can start a distance at the Short Course World Championships, which will be held in December in Budapest.

— As I said before, I am only gradually recovering from my illness. For this reason, at the Russian Championships I planned to swim one distance – 200 meters on the backstroke. Therefore, now there is no talk about qualifying for the World Championship, I am recovering and getting in shape,” Rylov told .

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Source : MatchTV

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