Russian swimmer Yulia Efimova shared her thoughts about possible participation in the 2024 Summer Olympics and admitted that she wants to participate in the Games. His words lead the way “Sports Express”.
“Maybe if I had an Olympic medal I would also say that there is nothing to do there and do not go there on principle. But I don’t have that situation right now, so I’d like to go there. But still, if there are sufficient relationships. If it is completely unacceptable, of course I will not go,” Efimova said.
Efimova won three Olympic medals. She took bronze (200m breaststroke) in 2012 and four years later won two silver medals (100m and 200m breaststroke). The swimmer also has six gold medals at the World Championships and seven awards of the same value at the European Championships.
Efimova holds the record for world championship medals among all domestic (Soviet and Russian) swimmers – 17 (six gold, seven silver, four bronze). In terms of the total number of awards in individual distances, she is among the top 10 in the history of the world championships among all swimmers.
The International Swimming Federation (FINA) banned Russian and Belarusian swimmers from competing under its auspices, even under a neutral flag, in March 2022. At the end of 2023, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced the admission of athletes from Russia and Belarus to the 2024 Olympics on individual neutral status, subject to a number of criteria.
Former Olympic champion statedHe said he was disgusted by the IOC president’s statements.