“Relay 4 × 200 is such a distance where you can never be sure that you will win, even if the morning was the best time.
Everyone knows that the Americans can replace three out of four people, respectively, in the evening this is a completely different team.
Therefore, everyone was determined to fight, no one expected an easy medal.
It just turned out to be too hard, we were swimming with the last bit of strength, ”Girev said in an interview with RT.
The US team won gold medals in the relay with a score of 6 minutes 47 seconds.
The Russians lost 2.12 seconds to the winners of the swim.
The third place was taken by Brazil (+2.60).
In addition to Girev, the Russian team includes Alexander Shchegolev, Mikhail Vekovishchev, Vladislav Grinev.
Previously, the six-time short course world champion Kliment Kolesnikov answered the question of how he would like to celebrate the New Year.