President of the All-Russian Swimming Federation (VFPU) Vladimir Salnikov said that the Spartakiad of the strongest and the Friendship Games, even in their specifics, are different competitions, one must draw conclusions about the organization, but also see positive aspects in holding competitions in the absence of international competitions.
The Spartakiad of the Strongest Swimming Tournament is held in St. Petersburg.
– In the current situation, the fact that competitions are organized for athletes in the absence of international departures is a positive thing. In addition, plans have been announced for the prize money that the Ministry of Sports pays to the Spartakiad – we provide athletes with a prize fund at other starts of the season. As I already said earlier – four starts in two groups, in long and short water.
The Spartakiad marks the end of our summer season. There remains the Russian Open Water Championship, which will be held in the Krasnodar Territory, Salnikov told .
– How do you assess the results?
– They are comparable to the European Championship. Based on the last World Cup, I can say that we would have played 40 finals. This is demonstrated by the results that our athletes have shown at the Friendship Games. The Spartakiad was adorned by the struggle of Kirill Prigoda and Anton Chupkov over 200m. Masha Kameneva showed herself well in 100 m freestyle, Kliment Kolesnikov showed a worthy result in 50 m freestyle.
– The athletes say that there is not enough entourage. Comparisons on the organization of the Spartakiads lean in favor of the Friendship Games.
— The organizer of the Spartakiad is the Ministry of Sports. Even in terms of the composition of the participants, these start-ups differ. There are no Moscow-2, Moscow-3 teams in the Spartakiad. One team per region. When we are the organizers, the task is to allow the maximum of the strongest athletes. Spartakiad is a material competition. Some teams were well prepared in terms of uniform equipment, some couldn’t find the funds for it, which is sad. It would be great if in this regard they took care of the equipment of the judges.
It’s great that there is a broadcast on the “Match”, the studio works.
– The guys say that the atmosphere, the light, the music – Kazan excelled in this. Emotions were included in it, which was good.
— Kazan is a separate story, the capital of water. It really is. Therefore, despite the fact that these competitions in Kazan also took place, as they say, during the play, the organizational plans came true, and we, for our part, managed to ensure that the phase Russian Cup final takes place as part of the Friendship Games stage. It was done deliberately. The number of participants was higher. Therefore, together with Kazan, we managed to realize our organizational ideas – we are very happy that the athletes liked the atmosphere of the Friendship Games.
As for the Spartakiad in St. Petersburg. In the current situation, it is important to see positive aspects. It is first and foremost a support for the athletes. Second, the opportunity to try a new site (the Nevskaya Volna swimming pool). If something is missing in terms of the organization of the event, the atmosphere, that does not mean that it will not happen. We all watched and came to our own conclusions.
In front of us is the Cup of my name, we study the stakes of its transfer to this group – we weigh the pros and cons, maybe it will take place here.
Source : MatchTV
