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The FINA World Championships

Herald - 2015 Thursday 30 July № 

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“THIS IS DOWN TO ALL THE FAST FOOD WE DIDN’T EAT,” SAYS BRITISH CHAMPION Great Britain set the standard in “This is down to a lot of hard work and when it fi nally happens it’s surreal,” the fi rst ever mixed team World early morning starts, a lot of friends’ said Daley. Championship event, as Tom Daley parties sacrifi ced, a lot of burgers The Brits fi nished eight points ahead and took gold. not eaten, a lot of fries not eaten. We of Ukraine’s silver medal pair of And the winners highlighted the didn’t have any expectations going Iuliia Prokopchuk and Oleksandr secret recipe for their successes – into this event, as we know China is so Gorshkovozo, with China’s which included cutting out the junk strong in team events. It’s what you Siyi Xie and Chen Ruolin food. dream of every day in training, and taking bronze. >>>>>> P 56

The FINA World Championships Herald-2015 Thursday, July 30, 2015

DIVING A DIVE IS OFFICIALLY COMPLETE WHEN THE ATHLETE’S ENTIRE BODY DAY IS BENEATH THE WATER

WATER POLO By Artem Kuznetsov, photo: Ramil Gilvanov THREE THROUGH TO QUARTER FINALS Croatia, Greece and Hungary booked their places in the last eight with a game to spare in the group stage, but defeats for Argentina and mean there’s no chance of a medal for the hosts in the men’s competition.

ater polo is getting ever shuffled the roster and eased to a more popular at the cham- comfortable win. Wpionships with fans in- The other game in Group B saw trigued by the only team confronta- Greece overturn a two-goal deficit to tion on display in the event. beat the USA 11-10. That makes Fri- But while Russia’s famously vocal day’s final round of group play into a support has earned a great reputa- dead rubber: the Greeks go straight to tion at the side of the pool, the men’s the QF, the Russians are condemned team has struggled to hit the same to a consolation round and the Ital- heights in the water. ians and Americans will go into the The draw for Group B was not kind play-off to join the Greece and the to the Russians, and after a narrow other group winners. defeat to the USA in game one vic- Group D, by contrast, still has eve- tory was essential against a power- rything to play for. Serbia are in the ful Italian side. But it was not to be: box seat thanks to a convincing 19-9 five unanswered goals in the second win over Japan. But the nail-biting 5-5 back hard with two goals inside 80 China are still in contention after Wednesday’s results period helped Italy to a 9-3 win and draw between and Monte- seconds and seemed to have secured drawing on Wednesday, but the Chi- Greece - USA 11:10 condemned Russia to last place in the negro means that all positions are the win after going in front for the nese face the daunting task of beat- qualifying group. up for grabs. Australia can take top first time with a couple of minutes ing Croatia to stay in the competition. Kazakhstan - Argentina 15:7 Team captain Artem Odintsov spot if it beats current leaders Ser- to play. Montenegro weren’t finished, Hungary powered through Group 4:17 blamed “toothless” defence, com- bia on Friday, while the winners of tying the scores with 22 seconds left C as expected. They had little trou- South Africa - Hungary plaining that the opposition were Japan – Montenegro will claim the thanks to a deft lob over the Aussie ble dispatching South Africa 17-4 on Australia - Montenegro 5:5 shooting at will throughout the other play-off place. goalie and the former Yugoslav Re- Wednesday. Argentina’s second de- game. The Australia-Montenegro game public fended off one last attack de- feat, this time to Kazakhstan, ends Serbia - Japan 19:9 After that blitz just before half was a real cliff-hanger. The Balkan spite frantic claims for an Australi- their medal prospects at the first Russia - Italy 6:9 time Russia managed something of nation, backed by a small but vocal an penalty shot in the final seconds. hurdle. a rally, and when the score pulled group of fans behind the goal, looked Group A goes to Croatia, with the The decisive round of the play-off China - Canada 2:8 back to 6-3 the fans dared to dream strong early on and led 4-2 at the team delivering the expected wins which will define the final participants Croatia - Brazil 10:9 of a great escape. But Italy regrouped, third intermission. But Australia hit over Canada and Brazil. Brazil and will take place on Friday, July 31.

DIVING By Matthew Luxmoore, photo: Ramil Gilvanov Better than a burger Cont. from page 1. 2009. And the Olympic bronze medal- da Bazhine, reigning European cham- The pre-competition hype focused list was revelling in a return to the top. pions, out of the medals. on Ruolin, a four-time Olympic cham- “In Rome I didn’t really understand “We finally beat China!” was Prokop- pion, and the USA’s Dave Boudia, also the scale of the event, I was too young. chuk’s comment in the post-event press an Olympic gold medal winner. But the To do it again now feels great, especial- conference, leaving diving partner Gor- British duo displayed terrific teamwork, ly when I understand the magnitude of shkovozov to put that achievement in delivering a series of inspired dives from the moment,” he said. perspective. the 3m springboard and 10m platform China have not failed to achieve a “Nobody expected Ukraine to get to win the hearts of the crowd and the podium finish in any diving event since second place, but we made it. We were respect of the judges. 2003, and yesterday’s event at Ka- not nervous going in - we set ourselves A day after 30-year-old Italian div- zan’s Aquatics Palace was no excep- a goal and we got it,” he said. er Tania Cagnotto halted China’s gold tion. However, Chen Roulin will have rush, Gallantree became the second to wait a little longer to join compa- FINA Worlds 2015. Diving. elder statesman of the sport to be- triot Qin Kai in third place on the all- Mixed team event. come a World Champion for the first time gold medal list, as he and part- time – showing once again in this ner Xie Siyi were left to settle for third Rebecca 434.65 GBR Gallantree/ competition that age is no obstacle after an outstanding late finish by un- Tom Daley

to success. derdogs Ukraine. Oleksandr Meanwhile for Daley it was a return They pulled off a superb final dive to 426.45 UKR Gorshkovozov / Iuliia Prokopchuk to the podium six years after he burst leap from fourth to second, overtaking onto the scene as a 15-year-old by win- the famous Chinese duo and pushing CHN Siyi Xie / 425.40 Chen Ruolin ning the men’s 10m platform in Rome in Russia’s Viktor Minibaev and Nadezh-

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LIKE ANY ATHLETES, SYNCHRONISED SWIMMERS CAN PICK UP INJURIES. THEY MOST OFTEN OCCUR IN COLLISIONS DURING TEAM PERFORMANCES.

SYNCHRONISED DIVING • FINAL DID YOU KNOW?.. By Andy Potts, photo Ramil Gilvanov By Daria Turceva GOLD MEDAL MUM Are you people, or mermaids? The Herald headed to the synchronised “I’m happy that I’ve proved I can still perform at the pool to get the answers to the questions you thought top even after having a child” - were too stupid to ask. How many time can synchro-swimmers stay under water without breathing? , 17-time World Champion In our team every girl can hold her breath for 3-4 minutes if she stays still and for one minute in motion. My personal best is four-and-a-half minutes.

Can you hear the music under water? Elena Prokophyeva, double World Champion Yes, we can. There are underwater loudspeakers, so we can hear everything. 56

Is it painful to swim with your eyes open? Natalya Ishchenko, 18-time World Champion We try to make sure we don’t spend too much time under water. Also the pools are now cleaned with di erent detergents and these are better for our eyes.

What is more important for a synchronised swimmer – arms or legs? Tatyana Pokrovskaya, head coach of the Russian national synchronised swimming team Synchronised swimming is technically very di cult. You need a real feel for the water - the temperature, the depth - so the most important thing is a good head for the sport.

What do you look for in children who come to synchronised swimming atalia Ishchenko won her classes? second gold medal of the FINA Tatyana Pokrovskaya, head coach of the NWorld Championships – and Russian national synchronised swimming team the 18th in her career – with another The fi rst thing is appearance. After that we start looking at personality. Some dazzling display in the fi nal of the children are stubborn, some are quick-witted. Girls with nice fi gures and feet women’s free program here in . suddenly quit because they don’t have the coordination or the understanding Buoyed by another hugely enthu- to get it right and those who maybe don’t look so pretty at fi rst glance start to siastic Russian crowd, Ishchenko de- get good results for their swimming. livered a routine that was clearly su- perior to all her rivals and thrilled fans, How much time is spent on hair and makeup? journalists and judges alike with a Svetlana Romashina, 17-time World Champion score of 97.23. That pushed China’s Xuechen It might be 15 minutes, it might be an hour. It depends on the complexity, what Huang into second on 95.70 while exactly we need to do. Our hair gel is made by one of the coaches; she has a Spain’s Ona Carbonell took bronze special technique to breed gelatin. It takes 15-30 minutes to put on our make-up. with the last swim of the night. Her Normally we do it ourselves but in this championship we have a make-up artist. score of 94.90 was enough to leave Ukrainian Anna Voloshyna outside of Are your manicures and pedicures allowed? the medals once again. at the 2005 Worlds in Montreal, Ish- Ishchenko’s latest triumph saw Natalya Ishchenko, 18-time World Champion But the night belonged to Ishchen- chenko admitted that it wasn’t easy her beat a top quality field. Huang The judges asked us about our brightly painted nails. We checked in the rules ko, who completed a triumphant re- to calm down before Wednesday of China took her 13th World Cham- carefully, and there is nothing about this so we know that it is all permitted. turn to the sport at this World Cham- night’s event. pionship medal, reinforcing her sta- pionships after taking maternity leave “It was hard to wait,” she said. tus as the best ever Asian perform- How much time do you spend practicing ? after the 2012 season and gave birth “Sveta [Romashina, her partner in the er at this level. to her son in 2013. She was back in pairs competition] and I didn’t know She spoke briefly to journalists, , triple Olympic champion training in September of last year what to do. I couldn’t train too hard confirming that she was pleased with Our teams train for 10 hours a day. Nowhere else in the world spends so much and was delighted to come back in and it didn’t seem like the right time her performance and the final result. time on preparation. Training includes choreography and acrobatics in the gym top form. to go for a walk. Every final is a huge Carbonell added a bronze to her and two sessions a day in the pool. “It’s no mean feat to return after responsibility and this time all eyes silver in the technical program, tak- having a child,” she said. “I’m hap- were on me because it’s a solo event.” ing her World Championships total How many swimsuits do you have? py to prove that anything is possi- Ishchenko’s performance, to the to 18 medals. Svetlana Romashina, 17-time World Champion ble, that I can return to the top level soundtrack of “Paganini: the Dev- “I’m very happy with my perfor- I don’t have a big swimwear collection, because the group ones go back to the and win a second gold medal at this il’s Violinist”, won plaudits from all mance tonight and I’m happy to win a team after the event. We get to keep the costumes for solo competitions and competition.” quarters. One Spanish journalist lik- bronze medal,” she said. “It’s an hon- sometimes we wear them for performances. I have a couple of them at home. Ishchenko, 29, also becomes the ened her unique talent to our to stand on the podium with such oldest world champion in a synchro football star Lionel Messi, while coach great swimmers.” How deep is this pool? event, taking the record from French Olga Danchenko said her display on Elena Prokophyeva, double World Champion legend Virginie Dedieu, but told jour- the night was close to flawless as the Synchronised swimming. Solo, free program nalists she didn’t pay much attention star improved on her score from the The deeper the pool, the better. That way we have more space to build our underwater structures. The pool here in Kazan is 3m, that’s deep enough. to statistics. preliminary round. Russia Natalia 97.2333 Ishchenko “I don’t tot up my medal tally,” “97 points is as good as you can she said. “Each one of them is spe- get for a performance under the cur- China Xuechen Where do athletes hide their nose clips after the performance? 95.7000 Huang cial for me.” rent rules,” she said. “You used to see Natalya Ishchenko, 18-time World Champion: Despite all that competition ex- swimmers getting 10s, but not any Spain Ona 94.9000 Carbonell I wear it on my fi nger. Some people prefer to slip it under their swimsuit. perience, dating back to her debut more.” 4 The FINA World Championships Herald - 2015 Thursday, 30 July 2015 Water of Life

FACES OF THE CHAMPIONSHIPS By Aly Kaita SCHEDULE TIME EVENT

NUTRITION, NEYMAR AND 30 JULY 9.30 Diving. 3m platform. Men. Qualifying round. OLYMPIC DREAMS 12.00 Open water swimming. 5km teams. Final. 13.30 Open water swimming. Medal ceremony.

15.00 Diving. 3m platform. Men. Semi-final.

Synchronised swimming. Women’s 17.30 duet, free program. Final.

18.40 Synchronised swimming. Medal ceremony.

Synchronised swimming. Mixed duet, 19.00 free program. Final.

19.30 Diving. 10m platform. Women. Final.

20.00 Synchronised swimming. Medal ceremony.

20.40 Diving. Medal ceremony.

WATER POLO. WOMEN. QUALIFICATION ROUND

9.30 W17: Brazil – Italy 10.50 W18: Japan – USA 12.10 W19: Hungary – France 13.30 W21: Canada – Spain 17.30 W22: Kazakhstan – New Zealand Flavio Cruz, the doctor for the Brazilian team in Kazan, began his career working with his country’s 18.50 W20: Russia – China football stars. His work has taken him to countries all over the world and, as a keen swimmer in his 20.10 W23: Australia – Netherlands youth, he jumped at the chance to link up with Brazil’s swimmers and divers as they prepared for the 21.30 W24: South Africa - Greece World Championships and next year’s Rio Olympics.

FANS! Talk us through your usual work- as I started, I knew I wanted to work World Cups for younger age groups ing day at the World Champion- in sports. While I was still studying I and the Beach Soccer World Cup. ships used to go to Teresopolis, the base of I think FIFA and FINA have a lot in When we wake up I’m with our the national football team, and spent common. The sports structure is synchronized swimming team. We three or four years working with the important for me and both organi- all go to breakfast together and I doctors there. Once I graduated I got sations offer a lot of good things for make sure everyone is eating the a job with Flamengo in RIo. the athletes. They are all coming right things. I help them understand to compete, whether they are big stars or not, and the organisers have what’s good to eat before a compe- What kind of injuries are most all the medical treatments that we tition or before training. Then I go common in the different sports could need. and watch them train to make sure here? nobody has any problems, and no- Aquatic sports don’t have so many im- body picks up an injury if they collide pact injuries. The problems are usually What do you think of Kazan? doing their acrobatics. Later, back strains because of the volume of train- I think people in Russia and Brazil in Athletes’ Village, I make sure they ing. Athletes might have pain because have a lot in common. It can be get the right dinner and if anyone of tendonitis in their shoulders, back difficult sometimes because of the needs treatment we go to the medi- strains and other muscular injuries. It’s language barrier, but we feel that cal room and work with the physio. different from football or basketball, people here are good. They are where players suffer harder hits during happy, they treat us well so I have Photo: Ramil Gilvanov How long you have been involved games and risk fractures, bruising and no complaints about people in damage to joints. Kazan. with the Brazilian swimming PROGRAM OF ACTIVITIES IN team? THE FINA WATER WORLD PARK I started work with the swim- Before these championships a lot Brazil is hosting next year’s ming team in 2013 but before that of athletes withdrew with injuries. Olympics. As a fan, as a Brazil- July 30th I worked in football. I was with Are the top performers pushing ian and as a sports professional, themselves too hard? how are you looking forward to 12.00 - Flamengo, the biggest club team in 14.00 “Welcome to Kazan!” concert Brazil, and worked with our famous Maybe some of them are training too it? 12.30 - Workout with Planeta Fitness national team, including players like hard and trying to do too much for this Everybody is so excited, we have 13.00 Neymar. Then I was invited to join competition. Some of them started on less than one year before Olympics 14.00 - Interactive program and competitions, live action from the pool the national swimming, diving and this as soon as they finished Barcelona start and all the preparations are 17.00 on the big screen synchro teams. in 2013 and they need to make sure picking up speed because it’s nearly 17.00 - they have proper support from their time. I hope we can put on the best 18.00 Showcase for the best bands from Tatarstan and Russia coaches, nutritionists and physios to ever games in Rio. We’ve already (19.00) How did you start working in have as few injuries as possible. had the FIFA Confederations Cup sports medicine? 18.00 - and the World Cup, and now it’s the 19.00 Concert by famous guitarist Nikita Savelyev I used to be a swimmer when I was Olympics. No other country has had How would you compare the 19.00 - younger and competed in national so many big events like this in such International Improv Festival, “JAZZ in Sandetsky Usadba World Championships in Kazan 21.00 tournaments, but never made it to a short space of time, so I hope we with other big tournaments ? the Worlds or the Olympics. Then I can make it the best possible Olym- 21.00 - “Dancing underwater”, show by the Iskusheniye dance theatre of 22.00 St.Petersburg started to study medicine. As soon I’ve worked at several FIFA events, pics. Let’s see …

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