Water sports require special training from participants. In synchronized swimming, it is very important to feel your performance partner and monitor your own breathing. Svetlana Kolesnichenko has the title of Olympic champion in this type of competition.
Merciless training
Each sport has its own characteristics and requirements. In basketball, tall players are preferred. Sumo wrestlers purposefully gain weight in order to defeat an opponent. In synchronized swimming, there are also criteria by which coaches select promising athletes. Parents or grandfather and grandmother bring children to the "selection". Multiple world champion Svetlana Konstantinovna Kolesnichenko came to the pool when she was barely six years old. Experienced coaches did not see a clear predisposition to swimming, but no limitations either.
The famous Russian athlete was born on September 20, 1993 in an intelligent family. Parents lived in the city of Gatchina, which is located in the Leningrad region. The child grew up surrounded by attention and care. According to close relatives of the Light, like many modern children, they did not differ in good health. At the same time, there was no reason to call her painful either. As a result of short discussions, they decided to take the girl to the synchronized swimming section. The pool was not far from the house, around the corner. Svetlana liked the classes from the first days.
On the wave of success
Experienced trainers are well aware that working with children is much more difficult than with adults. It is very important to timely orient and properly motivate future champions. Svetlana Kolesnichenko is a sincere and open person by nature. After a short period of time, she dreamed of winning a gold Olympic medal. And this dream has become the best incentive for compliance with the regime and the training process. Along with training, the athlete received a specialized education at the Kiwi sports and fitness school. When Svetlana was seventeen years old, she was already enrolled in the national team.
The first success came to the athlete in 2010. More precisely, at the World Cup competitions, Russian synchronized women climbed three times to the top of the podium. This victory became especially significant for Kolesnichenko, because she was able to overcome internal stress and even fear. And, just as importantly, I felt like a member of the team. Sports career evolved sequentially, without disruption and rush. The following year, Kolesnichenko received three gold medals at the World Championships in Shanghai.
