Student of the Volga region Academy of sports Nikita Schleicher successfully performed at the final stage of the World series FINA diving in London, winning two medals.
In total, Schleicher performed in three types of programs in London. On the first day of the competition in synchronized jumping from a 3-meter springboard paired with the Olympic medalist Evgeny Kuznetsov, he showed the second result, following 6 attempts to score 417.12 points.
- Was the book very well, was in the lead after the fourth jump, and only through a complex 109С with the degree of difficulty of 3.8, the Chinese athletes took the lead in a final attempt, which earned her 95.76 points, - commented on the performance of the athlete, his trainer Paul Meakin in interview a press-service SK of the air force, "Synthesis." - The second silver in the season in this type of program is a very worthy result, and in the final table of ranks the Russians in this type of program became the third".
The next day, Nikita Schleicher and Julia Timoshinin won bronze in synchronized diving from the tower among the mixed pairs (316, 05 points). On the basis of performances on five stages of the World series Schleicher and Timoshinin took second place.
But in the individual form of the program – jumping from a 10-meter tower – Nikita was not lucky. As Paul told Meakin, in the semifinals of his ward, slipping in one of the attempts, could no longer count on an exit in the ending.