Synchronized swimmers Svetlana Kolesnichenko and Alexandra Patskevich brought Russia sixth place gold medal at the World Championships aquatic species sports in Budapest
World champions in synchronized swimming Alexandra Patskevich (left) and Svetlana Kolesnichenko (Photo: @Giorgio Perottino/Deepbluemedia/Global Look Press)
Final competition in free program duets among synchronized swimmers at the World Aquatics Championships in Budapest ended with the victory of Svetlana Kolesnichenko and Alexandra Patskevich, who received 97.0000 points from the judges. Second place went to China's Jiang Tingting and Jiang Wenwen (95.3000), while Anna Voloshina and Elizaveta Yakhno from Ukraine won bronze (93.2667).
For the Russian team, this victory was the sixth at the World Aquatics Championships in Budapest. Previously, Kolesnichenko won in the technical and free soloist programs and in technical program duets with Patskevich. The Russian team also won gold in the technical program of the team competition, and Evgeny Kuznetsov and Ilya Zakharov won in synchronized diving from a three-meter springboard.
In terms of the number of gold medals at the World Aquatics Championships, the Russian team came out on top, ahead of the Chinese, who won all their victories in diving (6 versus 5). In third position is France, which won four awards of the highest standard (three in swimming open water and one in diving).
Kolesnichenko became a 13-time world champion. Previously, at competitions in Shanghai in 2011, in Barcelona in 2013 and in Kazan in 2015, she won three gold medals each. At the current World Championships, the Russian made her solo debut, winning both the technical program and the free program. Also in Budapest, Kolesnichenko won gold in the technical duet program together with Patskevich.
Thursday's medal program began at the World Championships with the mixed open water relay. The Frenchmen Ocean Maris Jeannie Cassignol, Logan Fontaine, Aurelie Muller and Marc-Antoine Olivier overcame the 5 km distance the fastest. At the finish they were 12.2 seconds ahead of the Americans Brendan Casey, Ashley Twichell, Haley Anderson and Jordan Wilimovsky. The third place was taken by the Italian team (Rachele Bruni, Giulia Gabbrielleschi, Federico Vanelli and Mario Sanzullo). Russians Sergei Bolshakov, Daria Kulik, Kirill Abrosimov and Maria Novikova showed the tenth result.
At the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Kolesnichenko won gold in team competitions. Vlada Chigireva, Natalya Ishchenko, Alexandra Patskevich, Svetlana Romashina, Alla Shishkina, Maria Shurochkina, Gelena Topilina and Elena Prokofieva performed with her at the Games. The Chinese won silver, the Japanese won bronze.
The Russian team retained second place in the team competition at the World Aquatics Championships, which is taking place in Budapest. On the tenth competition day, it was not possible to replenish the medal box; Russia still had eight gold, three silver and three bronze medals.
China is in the lead with nine gold medals, and the French team is in third place, with five top awards to its name. So far, 33 sets out of 75 have been given away.
The Technical Committee for Water Polo of the International Aquatics Federation (FINA) approved the victory of the Russian women's team in the 1/8 finals. Our team defeated the Dutch team with a score of 11:10, but the opponents tried to protest the result of the match.
“In the third period, with the score 8:8, our attack was underway, there were six seconds left before its completion - and at that moment the whistle blew,” said Russian national team coach Andrei Belofastov. “We could see from the bench that the Australian referee Daniel Flahive indicated the removal of her opponent. Naturally, in this situation we decided to take a time out. But Greek referee Georgios Stavridis said there was no sending off.
We started looking at the side judge, who was responsible for the siren, and it was actually on the floor... After a long meeting, the referees eventually made a decision - to leave us six seconds of attack without removing the opponent. This is weird. It was necessary to either send off the Dutchwoman or assign a penalty to us for taking an incorrect time-out. The judges did neither.
Yes, this pause allowed our players, who were tired by the third period, to rest a little, but this episode cannot be considered the key mistake of the match; it did not affect the outcome.
The score remained unchanged, there was still more period left to play. If this happened in the last seconds of the match, that would be one thing, but filing a protest in such a situation, it seems to me, would be stupid. You need to be able to lose with dignity. In my opinion, this is the agony of the Dutch coach, who Lately lost all the key tournaments. Perhaps Arno Havenge needs to change his occupation,” All Sport quotes.
However, the technical committee, having considered the demand of the Dutch side, came to the conclusion that the victory of the Russian team was fair, and officially declared the Russians quarter-finalists of the World Championship. This was announced by the President of the Russian Water Polo Federation Andrei Vlasenko.
“I just got a call from the FINA water polo technical committee and they said, 'Congratulations, Holland's protest has been rejected.' Justice has triumphed,” Vlasenko said.
The best Russian swimmer failed to make it to the final of the World Championship in the non-core 200 m medley. The three-time Olympic medalist and four-time world champion finished only 14th (2 minutes 12.88 seconds) and missed the decisive stage. Best time Hungarian Katinka Hoshu showed (2.07.14).
The Russian men's swimming team was just a little short of getting on the podium in the 4x100m freestyle relay competition.
And they ended up fourth with a result of 3:12.58. Athletes from the USA became champions, Brazilians took silver, and the Hungarian team won bronze medals.
“We wanted not to fall behind, to stay in the leading group, which, in principle, worked out,” Lobintsev said. —
It was just a little short of a medal - the Hungarians came out of nowhere, they had not been seen before. The task was to overtake the Italians, since we have approximately equal strength with them, and it worked out.”
A Russian who reached the final in the 100m breaststroke will get a chance to compete for medals. Moreover, Prigoda set a Russian record - 59.24 seconds. This, however, turned out to be only the eighth time. The Briton won the selection, beating Kirill by almost two seconds - 57.75.
The Russian woman failed to bring points to the Russian team's medal box. Popova finished eighth in the 400m freestyle (4:07.59).
The American Katie Ledecky predictably won (3:58.34), becoming a ten-time world champion. Her compatriot Leah Smith showed the second time, the bronze medal was won by Chinese Li Bingji. However, the Russian woman did not hide her joy that she managed to get into the finals at all.
“I’m very glad that I made it to the World Championship final,” Popova said. — In the morning I swam with the best result, but could not break the Russian record.
And in the evening... She was probably tired. It's unusual to swim like this long distance twice a day. But there is something to strive for. When you get to the finals, you understand that everything is real, that you can fight for medals,” said the Russian woman.
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What is memorable about the water world championship in Budapest - version of the BUSINESS Online correspondent
The World Aquatics Championships have ended in Budapest. Hungary considered this tournament as the largest sporting event in the history of the city, and the President of the International Swimming Federation (FINA) Julio Maglione recognized the 2017 World Cup as the best of all time, including better than the Kazan tournament two years ago. Sports edition“BUSINESS Online” sums up the results of the last water world championship.
Photo: Adam Pretty / gettyimages.com
SWIMMING: THREE GOLD PER DAY
The 2017 World Championships can be considered the most successful for Russian swimming in the new century. The team won 10 medals and won three golds in just one day: Evgeny Rylov in the 200-meter backstroke, he became the first Russian swimmer in 14 years to win the World Championships, Anton Chupkov swam first in the 200-meter breaststroke, and Yulia Efimova expectedly won at a similar distance. The successes of Russians are taken into account even in the West. “Three golds in a row – one of better days for Russian swimming recently,” noted the American magazine Swim Swam. – Considering the doping scandals that have affected Russia, any medal will be questioned by the world community. But Rylov and Chupkov constantly progressed, and this helped them win.”
WITH the best side A swimmer from Bugulma showed himself Alexander Krasnykh. It’s difficult to call it the opening of the tournament: he competed at the 2015 World Championships and came to the attention of the Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Vitaly Mutko, who praised him several times in the comments. But in Kazan, Alexander, according to him, was still young and inexperienced. Two years later, he was mature enough to win his first world championship medal in solo swimming - bronze in the 200-meter freestyle. Ahead of the Reds were the Americans Townley Hus And Sun Yang- both with Olympic medals. It seems that if Alexander continues to develop at the same pace, he will soon not be inferior to them in this status. The swimmer also took silver as part of the 4x200 meter freestyle relay and thereby became the most successful athlete representing Tatarstan at the World Championships.
Other swimmers from the republic at the World Championships - Grigory Tarasevich And Nikita Korolev. Tarasevich reached the final of the 100-meter backstroke, but failed to make the podium, finishing fifth. In the 50-meter race, the swimmer stopped at the semi-final stage. Tarasevich studied at an American university, and he spends most of his training cycle in the States. Korolev was born in Kazan and in this city, in fact, in two and a half years he reached the level of the Russian national team. The story of his rise is impressive: in 2015, he was involved in the opening ceremony of “Pilgrim” and did not take part in the starts at the World Championships, but now he is one step away from the podium in the 4x100 meter freestyle relay, and in August he will try himself in the solo swims of the Universiade.
Both Krasnykh, Tarasevich, and Korolev are studying at the Volga Sports Academy. “We have a growing team, 90 percent of which are our own students: Bugulma, Chelny, Kazan. Of those who came to the Russian team, only Tarasevich. The point of creating our team is in a family environment, where close people are gathered who support each other,” - before the start of the tournament in Budapest Main coach Academy swimming team Maxim Dedlovsky.
“We see growth points in swimming - these are Moscow, the Moscow region, Kazan, St. Petersburg,” Mutko told TASS. Two years later from the World Championships in Kazan, the first results are visible. This year, an option was discussed in which Efimova could represent Tatarstan, which says a lot about the region’s capabilities in swimming. Mass participation is also growing, as Krasnykh says: “Before, at the Aquatika school you could swim as much as you wanted - there was practically no one in the pool. Now we can only come at a clearly set time - the children’s training is scheduled for the whole day.”
Svetlana Kolesnichenko: “We must work more and more. I’m happy with the result, but, of course, I can’t stop there.” Photo: Clive Rose/Staff gettyimages.com
SYNCHRONOUS SWIMMING: NOW ARTISTIC
If in Kazan the Russian team lost only one gold medal, then in Budapest they lost two: in the mixed doubles and the combined group program. In the second case, the team simply refused to participate, which greatly surprised everyone. Even in this situation, everyone understands that Russia is invincible in synchronized swimming. After leaving Natalia Ishchenko and purpose Svetlana Romashina the coach transferred the role of the main soloist to Svetlana Kolesnichenko. She never performed in this capacity at the adult level, but still collected absolutely all the gold medals. Having become first in the free program, Kolesnichenko said that she “showed everything she’s capable of in this moment" The most surprising thing is that four “golds” is not the limit. “We have to work harder and harder. I’m happy with the result, but, naturally, we can’t stop there,” Kolesnichenko added.
Towards the end of the synchronized swimming competition in Budapest, it became known that soon it would no longer be synchronized - FINA voted to use the name " Artistic swimming" Allegedly, this will increase the attractiveness of the sport for the International Olympic Committee. Now there are no solo performances at the Games - only duets and groups - and no mixed acts. Not only the Russian team, which could win more gold medals, is interested in changes to the Olympic program. “Solo should appear at the Olympics,” said the Spanish synchronized swimmer She's Carbonel. “We showed the whole world that mixed doubles deserves to go to the Olympics,” said the American synchronized swimmer Bill May.
But everyone understands that this is not just about the IOC. With a change of name there will also be a change in emphasis. The main thing will no longer be synchronicity, which exists even in solo performances (you need to match the music), but artistry. “I think this is a plan to overthrow us from leadership positions,” wrote the Russian national team coach Tatiana Danchenko on Facebook. “But to hell with them, the Russians don’t give up!”
“FINA suddenly decided to rebrand a sport that is already perceived only in the context of gelatinous hair, funny costumes and pre-dive antics,” wrote a journalist for The Associated Press. Paul Newberry. The new name for synchronized swimming has caused a heated debate, but there is one thing that is not up for discussion - synchronized swimmers deserve many times more attention than they currently receive. No one else in water sports works as hard and spends 9 hours a day in the pool.
Pleasantly surprised at the World Championships women's team in water polo. The Russians won bronze Photo: Adam Pretty / gettyimages.com
OTHER EVENTS: JUMPERS VICTORY, LOSS 5:14
The main sensation of the World Championships in Budapest is that Chinese jumpers, it turns out, are not always first. “For the Chinese this is one of the worst tournaments in recent times,” said the Briton Tom Daley, who won gold in the 10-meter platform jumping. In fact, you shouldn’t delude yourself: they say that China is simply undergoing a generational change and they will approach the Olympics in full force. But now Russia was able to take advantage of their weakness: “gold”, two “silver”, two “bronze” - a very solid performance after the failed Rio. Tatarstanian Nikita Shleicher showed the 13th result in qualifying in the meter springboard and could not qualify further.
In addition to the Russian diving team, the women's water polo team was a pleasant surprise at the World Championships. The Russians won bronze, beating Canada 11:9. Note that the coaching staff included Andrey Belofastov, who headed the Kazan “Sintez” this winter. Before the World Cup, he promised that the team would “fight at all costs.” As for men, there is progress, but only for the reason that it was already difficult to go further. In Kazan, the team took 14th place, and following the results of the tournament, Sports.ru published a material with the headline “Why Russian water polo can’t get out of its ass.” Two years later the team ended up in 8th place. Most of all, Budapest remembers the match between Hungary and Russia, which ended with a score of 14:5. The Hungarians, of course, knew that their team was strong, but so...
In high diving, Russia was left without medals. Igor Semashko from Tatarstan took 19th place, and Artem Silchenko became 15th. Two years ago, Silchenko won a bronze medal. After two rounds he was in 7th place, but a very difficult last jump allowed him to climb onto the podium. In Budapest, Silchenko was most likely hampered by the complication of the jumping program, due to which the famous Briton also flew past the top three Gary Hunt. High diving is very dynamic (for example, the winner of the 2013 World Cup Orlando Duque in Kazan became only 6th), and this is one of the reasons why it is gaining popularity all over the world. Photos of jumpers against the backdrop of historical monuments in Budapest scattered across the Internet with the same speed as photos from Kazan once did.
ORGANIZATION: THE BEST WORLD CHAMPION IS NO LONGER IN KAZAN
“FINA President Dr. Julio Maglione, in front of 400 people and the Hungarian Minister Miklos Szesztak, said that this World Cup was the best in history,” the vice-president of the federation said in an interview with the official newspaper of the tournament Tomas Giarfas. – This opinion is shared by many other people. We are delighted with the organization. main feature this championship is that it was prepared in record short time" Budapest was originally scheduled to host the World Cup in 2021. But Mexico abandoned its bid for 2017, and FINA persuaded Hungary to move the tournament to an earlier date.
Newspapers, websites and posters write that the Water World Cup is the largest sporting event in the history of Hungary. The country has already announced its desire to host the 2024 Olympics, but the application had to be rejected after mass protests. The World Aquatics Championships were excellent option realize remaining sporting ambitions, and perhaps that is why Budapest prepared for the tournament in record time. But did Hungary's efficiency make Julio Maglione leaving a flattering review remains to be seen. Most likely, it's a matter of wanting to please everyone. Just a couple of days ago, the FINA President said that the best world championship in history was held two years ago in Kazan. This opinion has objective arguments: in Kazan there was a swimming pool on football stadium, all the facilities were nearby and many services had already been tested at previous sports tournaments that the city hosted.
The International Swimming Federation made it clear that it likes both Kazan and Budapest - these cities were entrusted with hosting the short course world championships in 2022 and 2024. FINA will hold all other tournaments in Asia, so Kazan and Budapest will be the federation’s only access to Europe in the next 7 years.
