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Gorbanko: "There are always expectations, going to be fun" | Israel today

2022-06-17T06:10:43.971Z


The World Swimming Championship kicks off today, and Anastasia Gurbanko can enter the record books in Israel • The blue-and-white delegation will include 14 swimmers and will be the greatest in history • On the official summer refresher


As the hot summer days draw to a close, the world swimming event's highlight event awaits those who want to freshen up next week: This morning, the 19th edition of the World Championships in Budapest, Hungary will kick off.

In the next eight days, the best swimmers in the world will jump into the water, with new and old rivalries and breaking records, two years before the Olympic Games in Paris.

The biggest team, Photo: Oren Aharoni

The Israeli delegation to the championship will be the largest in history.

It will include 14 swimmers: ten men and four women.

In 2017, the championship was also held in Budapest, 13 swimmers participated, and in 2019 in South Korea there were 11. The Israeli team never reached the podium at the World Swimming Championships, and in fact, in the 11 finals in which swimmers in blue and white never passed. Sixth place.

Whoever tries to change these statistics is the big star of the industry today - Anastasia Gurbanko.

The 18-year-old swimmer did so twice last year: at the World Short Course Championships (25m) in Abu Dhabi, when she won gold in the 50m breaststroke and 100m individual medley.

Gorbanko.

Try to change history, Photo: Oren Aharoni

The Olympic finalist is going to work very hard in the competition, and will take part in six individual events: 50m, 100m and 200m breaststroke, 200m backstroke, 200m and 400m individual medley and also the relay and relay events, so she can jump at least once a day , If you qualify for the later stages.

"This world championship is going to be a little different for me," Gorbanko said on the eve of the championship.

"She's going to be very busy, it's something I'm not used to. Eight days where I'll compete, and I'll have to see how I stand it. I want to go up as many stages as possible. I'm really excited. It's fun to have the whole team together."

There are a lot of expectations from you, can we see you on the podium?


"There are always expectations and people always like to talk, but I know what I need to do. My goal is to step up as many steps as possible, do the best I can and represent the country with dignity. That's where I aim."

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- FINA (@ fina1908) June 16, 2022

With so many highlights this year, including the European Championships, how do you cope?


"I had a calm half year, with a lot of time in the country. It was time to take a deep breath, get ready and rest. Now I will have two busy months, but I am ready for them."

Which ointment are you most excited about?


"I have a lot of options, and I want to be as successful as possible."


The fact that swimmers from Russia and Belarus will not participate because

Does the war in Ukraine affect you?


"It does not affect my ointments, maybe only the chest ointments. In all the other ointments there were no Russian or Belarusian swimmers who were before. It is sad that these things affect the sport."


Not just Gurbanko

Israel's large delegation will include quite a few young people, some of whom made the baptism of fire at the Tokyo Olympics last year, and for some it will be a debut at the biggest industry event, with one of the goals set by the union being a historic promotion to the final in the apostles' anointings.

The staff consists of eight who set the criteria for the personal anointings: Aviv Barzali, Leah Polonsky, Gal Cohen Gromi, Miron Heruti, Dennis Loktev, Michael Leitrovsky, Tomer Frenkel and of course Gorbanko.

They are joined by four who set the criteria for emissaries: Daria Golovti, Daniel Namir, Bar Soloveitchik and Chris Pichogin, and two other Olympic swimmers that the professional team chose to include based on their achievements: Itai Goldfaden and Ron Polonsky.

"I feel great and want to start competing already," said Cohen Gromi.

"I want to improve my records in the 200m medley and the 100m butterfly. I had a busy year in the United States, and now I want to express that.

Ehud Segal,

"Practicing abroad is something extraordinary.

Practicing in a group and not as an individual, is something I have not seen here in the country.

Treat swimming as a team sport.

There are athletes for whom it works more, and there are those who do less.

I feel it has improved me.

As a team, too, we are constantly advancing - even in conduct.

I do not know if qualifying for the final is on the agenda right now, because as I get better, others get better, but that is the goal and the ambition, and I hope we will succeed. "

The national team coach, Ehud Segal, said: "The current season in the world swimming is complex, because in less than two months we have both a world championship and a European championship. ".

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Source: israelhayom

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