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TOMSK, Mar 9 –
RIA Tomsk. Trainees of the water sports club
"Kasatka", on the basis of which in Tomsk the regional branch of the
synchronized swimming federation of Russia was established, became participants
of the first official competitions, held in the "Zvezdniy" pool, the
president of the regional Federation of Underwater Sport Natalya Grechikhina
told RIA Tomsk.
According to the agency's
interlocutor, the water sports club "Kasatka" holds a set in the
synchronized swimming section in Tomsk for the second year. In the summer of
2018 on its base the regional branch of the federation of synchronized swimming
of Russia was established. Currently more than 60 girls are engaged in this
sport in Tomsk.
"It was decided that it
is time to hold competitions. We agreed with the pool "Zvezdniy",
which went towards and allowed us to hold competitions, which were called
"Open competitions of the sports club of water sports "Kasatka".
Officially, this is the first synchronized swimming competition in Tomsk",
- Grechikhina said.
She added that the first
competition revealed a lack of special equipment at the water sports center
"Zvezdniy" which is required for a serious competition. In
particular, in Tomsk yet there is no equipment with the help of which music
during performances would be heard under water.
“But there is a great desire
to develop synchronized swimming in Tomsk. Moreover, the demand is very large -
there are a lot of volunteers, and we have the opportunity to bring Olympic
champions for master classes to Tomsk”, - the interlocutor of the agency summed
up.
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Participants of the first synchronized swimming competition in Tomsk