KAZAN, April 25, Vadim Kuznetsov. Olympic champion swimmer Evgeny Rylov said, that he can usefully spend the period for which he was suspended by the International Swimming Federation (FINA). FINA disqualified Rylov for nine months for participating in a concert dedicated to the anniversary of the reunification of Crimea and Russia. «Due to illness, I was unable to prepare for the championship Russia in full. The speed remains, but there is no endurance. The form is not the same, but not everything is so bad. We will work. The year will pass without important starts, there will be time to do everything that I reset to zero, «Rylov told reporters. «There is a desire to work «There is strength. There is motivation. In our sport, world records can be set in any pools, as long as they comply with the FINA rules. I will think whether to stay in swimming on my back or switch to freestyle or butterfly. But this will require a lot of work — pain and suffering . In general, as usual,» the swimmer said. According to Rylov, he did not know until the last moment whether he could compete in Kazan at the Russian Championship. “I came to Kazan not knowing if I could compete or not. Perhaps I would have to return. But all the documents came, and I was admitted. I didn’t want to set other people up. I will survive these nine months, since there will be no big starts anyway «, Rylov added.
