Athletistic/ Others. Three-time Olympic figure skating champion State Duma Deputy Irina Rodnina reacted to synchronized swimmer Svetlana Kolesnichenko’s comments about salaries in football and synchronized swimming.

“Synchronized swimming, like figure skating, is a sport of the highest performance, these athletes are generally supported by the state. Almost all football clubs are private, with the exception of the Russians, who seem to be private, but at the same time, they manage to get money from the state.Our football clubs have not yet learned how to make money themselves.

She knew where she was going and what she would do. When she started to understand that it was impossible to earn money in any other way, she had to study and go to work elsewhere,” quotes RB Sport Rodnina.