Crimeans told how in Russia to develop swimming

The Russian Aquatics Federation is launching a digital course with video tutorials for beginners and almost doubles the project to find and develop young talents. About the plans on the air of the TV channel “Crimea 24” told the sports director for swimming, bronze medalist of the Olympics-2012 Sergey Fesikov.

Swimming course. Life will include 15 video lessons featuring famous Russian swimmers. The digital platform will tell you how to start exercising in the water, stay on the surface and overcome the fear of swimming. In the near future, the program will be presented at the national level.

The project “I will become a champion” helps to identify and support young athletes. In 2026, its scale was almost doubled; children from different regions of the country, including Crimea, are invited to participate.

Fesikov said that the natural conditions of the peninsula are suitable for training swimmers, and noted the plans of the federation to actively use the sports base in Alushta. According to him, “Crimea has the potential to host major competitions”, including national and international level.

Water sports infrastructure continues to be developed in the region. In Kerch, a pool with a 25-meter bowl is being prepared for opening, and in Yalta they plan to build a modular one. The government intends to provide swimming pools to all major cities of Crimea.

In October 2026, the Cup of the Head of the Republic of Crimea in swimming is held in Simferopol at the Palace of Water Sports. It was attended by teams of sports schools and clubs from the Crimea, Zaporozhye region and Sevastopol.