Vice-president of the Aquatic Federation Yevgeny Korotyshkin expects at least 30 athletes to meet the standards to compete at the World Short Course Swimming 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.
— The Federation interacts with World Aquatics regarding the performance of our athletes at the international level. On Tuesday, at a meeting of the office of the Russian Aquatic Sports Federation, the selection criteria were approved. We should not focus on neutral status, but rather on the return of our athletes to the world stage.
Now there will be a selection at the Russian Championships, we hope that at least 30 athletes will meet the qualification conditions for the World Championships. I would like A standards to be met, these results are quite serious, it will be quite difficult to do it at a glance, so the Russian championship should be taken seriously. I would like as many of our swimmers as possible to be able to compete in Budapest and be able to win awards there,” Korotyshkin told .
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