MOSCOW, April 26, Vadim Kuznetsov. The International Swimming Federation (FINA) has begun an internal audit on the participation of two-time Olympic champion Evgeny Rylov in the Russian championship, the press service of the organization reported. took place on March 18 at Luzhniki. As later reported in FINA, Rylov cannot participate in the Russian championship, but he is allowed to take part in Russian starts that are not controlled by FINA. On Monday, the athlete took part in the 100m backstroke and took third place. «FINA knows that Mr. Rylov participated in the Russian Championships. The Federation has launched an internal audit to establish whether sanctions or organization rules have been violated. The results of this audit will be announced in due time,» the organization said. Rylov is a two-time Olympic champion of the Tokyo Games, and the swimmer also won silver in the Japanese capital. Rylov is a two-time world champion and a three-time winner of the world short course championship.
