Olga Pavlova: “Where Russia, Belarus and China gather, there will be the highest level”
Vice-President of the Russian Federation of Synchronized Swimming – on the “import substitution” of international starts
Since the end of the sports winter, Russia has lost the international calendar after the start of special operations in Ukraine. The main loss is the loss of the men’s volleyball world championship, which is to be held in our country. But since the summer, Russia has been holding a cycle of tournaments with a large proportion of teams invited from abroad. Olga Pavlova, Vice President of the Synchronized Swimming Federation of Russia, spoke about some of them in an interview with Realnoe Vremya.
“We shared the participants’ opinions about green and yellow colors”
— Olga Ivanovna, upcoming summer promises article very rich With point of view sight texture Events in Tatarstan. open secret, how goes preparation to him?
– In the period from July 18 to August 3, a number of water sports tournaments under the general name “Friendship Games” are planned in Kazan. All of them will have international status. True, there are concerns about some of our partners, because there is strong pressure there. I spoke with one participant of the tournament from the continents, and at the beginning of all these events there were words of support, when we began to initiate activities to organize the game, held by a partner, calls began to come in with the exception of random participants. Therefore, in the working documents, we divided the participants of our starts into green and yellow colors, which, according to the meaning of the traffic light, appear: who is ready to start in Kazan without a doubt, and for whom there are still questions.
In addition, the operational situation is constantly changing. For example, Hungary was initially placed on the list of countries unfriendly to Russia, but its Prime Minister Viktor Orban formulated a state error, which, perhaps, will give odds to many of those whom it is customary to support. Based on this, we invite Hungary, especially since he has a strong team in synchronized swimming.
Emmanuel Macron, who himself does not express a critical position, like his country, does not take one. This can be said about many, since the situation in the world is changeable.
— I see meaning conducting international event in volume, to agreement, how minimum, two a task: and to give possibility start mine athletes, and round, what Russia now not is outcast on the international map peace. Or there is more which–then goal setting?
– To begin with, the first two conditions are quite enough. Firstly, athletes need starts, it is impossible to train all the time, meaning and motivation arise. This year there will be a world championship among adults, youth and youth championships, in which we will not participate.
Secondly, Even in such evaluative sports as synchronized swimming, the presence of representatives from outside is necessary, since the question is again in the very motivation. The participation of three years ago allows us to consider that the data are beginning to accumulate with all the factors arising from these factors, with the possibility of meeting the requirements of the standards, when mastering sports categories, calculating wage rates, both for the athletes themselves and for coaches. If any coach of any team that happened can receive a salary among home starts, the same championship of Russia that he won in Kazan, wins, then the salary of the coach of the Russian national team depends on many things, including the results of international starts. Moreover, many sports after the end of the Olympic cycle modify the rules.
“We worked and continue work on the good foreigners sport»
— Yes, although often about this is the authors in mass media exclusively With point of view sight protocol curly skating.
— And everything changes everywhere, and these changes need to be mastered in a competitive environment, and not just boil in some kind of cabal with the same Belarus, by the way, in fact, very much adhering to the synchronized swimming federation. Well, decisions come up with questions of character, morbidity around the world, that we are not some kind of dictators, we have worked and continue to work for the benefit of international sports, and those competitions that we previously held and will continue to hold, demanding and occupying the status of one of the best, if not the best in the world, in terms of the conditions of the event.
Finally, our fans include, passive and those inside the synchronized movement environment, girls, now also boys, who have the right to watch the start of the world’s best athletes. Again, regarding our sport, it can be noted that where Russia, Belarus and China come together, there will be a high level of starts in our sport. I also note that invitations to our tournaments will go not only through the Ministry of Sports, but also through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which will give an understanding: with whom you can regulate in the future, let’s say, more tightly than it is treated before. On the whole, summing up my impressions, I would like to note that the Vector of our taste, in general, will be transformed to the East.
Our fans, including those who are passive, and those who are inside the environment of synchronized swimming, girls, now boys, who meet, their relatives, have the right to watch firsthand the starts of the best athletes in the world
— On the Near East?
— Not only, but also in the South-East. China, of course, North Korea is extremely interesting in terms of the development of our sport. Many dismiss her, including on the occasion of not participating in the Tokyo Olympics.
— But we remember more on championship peace in Kazan-2015 of the year, how from North Korea arrived practically nobody not longevity jumpers in water, and conquest two medals, including golden. Korean athletes on nature his close to Chinese, and very Good close myself in difficult–technique types sport, how jumping in water, gymnastics.
– Representatives of the DPRK are more promising in terms of the development of synchronized swimming than South Korea, since coaches from other Asian countries worked there, who deprived them of their identity, the Congress of Captive Free Athletes of their countries. And the synchronized dancers of Northern Europe in their choreography are close to Russian ballet, the best in the world, they just perform very rarely, do not give the best athletes the opportunity to realize themselves. True, another problem may arise here related to the unfinished pandemic.
— Yes, China again closed, if judge on also, what country moved another university in Chengdu, which the must was take place more in 2021 year.
– They closed again, but they are not on the road, and I hope they will delegate their athletes to the starts of the championship. This can be understood by the presence or absence of direct flights to China. If we talk about sending, then we are counting on Egypt. And this, for a second, is the team, which is higher in the finals of the Olympic Games in synchronized swimming. We are interested in the national team of this country in terms of a worthy meeting, they are interested in our work in terms of their level and important development. The same can be said about the countries in which our coaches work.
— “Agents chronological“?
– Including, and where they are focused on Russia, as the main country in the development of synchronized swimming, like Brazil, Venezuela, and so on. There is another nuance related to the fact that our national team has been completely renovated this year, it is practically a new team. The youth and junior team is also in its infancy.
Orientation to the East
— Asking again about Near East, I clarify news recent days, when Russia actively works on returned number countries BRICS. Yes, said this is from name minister foreigner affairs China China Van And, from which the cause and comes out herself initiative. But for discussions these questions were invited representatives Egypt, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Nigeria, Senegal, Thailand, a also duet UAE and Saudi Arabia Arabia.
— Yes, and the new President of the UAE, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Mohammed Al Nahyan has already paid a visit to Moscow, saying that “I consider my own home.”
— More more warm the words maybe say say Muhammad Ben Salman al–Saud, potential chapter Saudi Arabia Arabia, which the Russians must remember on integrated With Vladimir Putin Viewing conformity–discoveries World Cup-2018 on football. There too personal relations very warm. Can whether expect development texture disputes specifically in your types sport?
– There, these Oman can also be included in the number of countries in the Middle East, with the approval of our Ministry of Sports, it signs an agreement on global unification with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. There is work going on on this plane. With regard to synchronized swimming, of course, it should be understood that, for example, such Muslim countries as, for example, Egypt, Turkey, which also accepted an invitation to participate in our competitions, are loyal to girls in swimsuits there as a working training swimmers, water jumpers and synchronized swimmers, and the Middle East is still conservative. With regard to our species, violations of swimming attire for orthodox Muslims have already been identified, especially since they were previously observed in ordinary swimming, for there records. I would still argue, but I won’t. Or how their female police officers from the Iranian special forces unit deftly climbed onto cats near the walls of buildings, while receiving vestments in a hijab.
— AT counterweight Russian woman, stopping on the galloping horses and incoming in burning huts.
– I can say from the experience of personal participation in achieving the desired level, as we started with the Tatar runners Ekaterina Kondratyeva and Elena Migunova at the 2005 Islamiada in Iran. So that the athletes could run in their usual overalls, ultimately in a closed athletics arena, where men were not allowed. By the way, they were very quickly detected there in relation to the guests, although we tried to move around the city in a bus with closed curtains on the windows, however, we did not show signs of attention, honked, and so on. In addition, I was very impressed with the arena with public paths and at the same time with seats made of marble, toilets in construction with gilded taps. The East is amazing to be able to.
(To be continued).
Jaudat Abdullin
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