olympic medalist swimmer Kliment Kolesnikov Speaking on , he talked about his Spartakiad performance and compared Russian starts to internationals.
On Wednesday, the Moscow representative won the 50m freestyle with a final time of 21.69.
– Today was fifty kopeks very interesting for me personally. He swam according to his best result, which he already showed at the Russian Championship. Therefore, I am satisfied with the result, considering all the circumstances and the way I prepared for this Spartakiad. I can say that everything works pretty well.
– For you, the Spartakiad is not the first start this summer. Do you feel like you’re improving over the season? Is there growth potential?
– Now there was no task to improve the result. We at the Commonwealth Games tried to keep the form so that it didn’t deteriorate. Not enough time was allocated to do work and improve their results. If we talk about future departures, then we will prepare more seriously, I hope I can improve my results and show what I am capable of.
– I have to jump international competitions now. No motivation problem?
– You are starting to feel a bit that there is a little lack of stimulus, this energy that is present in international competitions. There are a lot more guys who are competitive. I can’t say there’s no incentive, of course, it’s always nice to compete with other guys, watch how they progress, try to fight them to get on the podium. There is a big difference between international departures and domestic departures.
– International departures especially excite any Russian athlete.
– Sure. Here is the adrenaline, and the desire to bring victory to your country, and show yourself in front of others. You can list indefinitely, – said Kolesnikov on the air of .
Source : MatchTV
