2019 RUSSIAN SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS
- April 8th-12th, 2019
- Moscow, Russia
- LCM (50m) pool
- Meet Results
- Live Stream
- Selection Procedures
Russian swimmer Vladislav Grinev is such a revelation after his Russian Record of 47.43 in the men’s 100 free, that the questions in the post-race mixed zone after the swim revolved around the most fundamental questions – like “where are you from” (Sport School 77 in Moscow) and “who is your coach” (Vladimir Vladislavovich Nutsubidze).
One of the big revelations from the event, though, was that Grinev didn’t pick up swimming seriously until he was “15 or 16.”
“At 15 or 16 years old, I wanted to begin, and my father supported me, with good reason,” the 22-year old Grinev said. “I fell in love with swimming, and by February they gave me a Master of Sport – International Class. I practiced quietly, (my parents) did not pressure me, I myself realized what I wanted to achieve.”
That expalins his relatively-limited history in the event. After beginning training in 2013 with Nutsubidze, He swam a 52.27 in 2014: his only long course 100 free on the record that year. In 2015, he swam the event only twice, dropping to 51.39 and 51.33.
By 2016, he was showing his real promise, though. He was 49.7 that year, 49.5 by July of 2017, and in 2018 had his breakthrough when he qualified for the European Championship team.
But that his progression would continue was not a given. Within 10 days of the meet, he got sick, and his allergies kicked in.
“I thought that, in principle, everything was already lost for me, but my coach continued to believe in me, and it turned out how it turned out.”
Some people are just a natural talents. Reminds me of that Hanser Garcia guy.
Had forgotten about him – Could’ve done something special that dude.
Lost in translation: what he actually said was that he wanted to quit swimming when he was ,15-16 year old. He was a late developer and progressed very slowly. He began swimming much before 25-16 year and did all the stuff age-grouper has to do
Please post his response here, in Russian.
I was being sarcastic. He is doing amazing.
“I thought that, in principle, everything was already lost for me”
But, turned out everything was not lost and he drops 2 seconds last 2 years.
By far the worst interview in history of swimming.
oh darn. He missed his aerobic capacity building window. God only knows what he could’ve done.