New jumping equipment that meets international standards and FINA requirements has been installed at the Volga Academy facility, in the aquatics Palace. Four more jumps (two meters and two 3-meters) were added to the four that already existed here.
The jumps were provided by FINA partner, the official supplier of sports equipment Duraflex (USA), AS part of the project to create a center for the development of water sports in Kazan of This international organization. The task of the current Center is to unlock the potential of athletes representing countries with minor national achievements in water sports and prepare them for the world Championships and Olympic games. Among the priorities of the Center is also the implementation of educational programs and professional development of Russian coaches and judges.
The expansion of the trampoline line in the DVVS will provide sufficient time for training not only FINA center athletes, but also high-class water jumpers who are preparing for major international starts, as well as students of the Republican school "aquatics", based in the Palace of water sports.
In addition to trampolines, the DVVS jumping complex has been retrofitted with a second specialized hall for diving classes (sports trampolines, acrobatic tracks, soft cubes for landing).
The first to test the new equipment were students of the Volga region Academy, members of the Russian Olympic team Nikita Schleicher and Alexander Belevtsev, as well as foreign athletes currently undergoing training at the FINA aquatics development Center. They were able to start training in the DVVS, after the removal of strict restrictions for members of national teams. According to the coach of athletes Pavel Muyakin, after a long break due to self-isolation, his wards have to start with a much smaller training volume:
- Instead of the usual two-time training for 5-6 hours a day, we train only in the morning for 2 hours. Athletes need to get in shape.
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