Athletistic/ Others. As previously reported, Russian synchronized swimmer Svetlana Kolesnichenko said it was impossible to compare the salaries of soccer players with the earnings of athletes from other sports.

State Duma Deputy Svetlana Zhurova commented on Kolesnichenko’s remarks. According to Zhurova, football players earn more than other athletes due to the high attention paid to football by sponsors.

– All over the world, this is the situation with other sports. All athletes are offended that football players have such a privilege. At the same time, football is very interesting for the fans. Any sponsor invests in football because there is a lot of attention there.

In synchronized swimming and, for example, in speed skating, you can only rely on the state. This is a cry from the soul of Svetlana, but even in Soviet times, Olympic athletes received little money, said Zhurova, whose words are quoted by RB Sport.