Truszczyńska
who met her during the latest round of the CMAS World Cup in Gliwice (Poland)
less than a week ago, from 17th until 19th of May 2013, we made an interview to
one of the fastest finswimmers all over the World, the beautiful finswimming
legend from Russia called Valeria Baranovskaya! In fact she was able to swim
the incredible and unbeliavable time of 1’28″50 on 200 sf during the 2nd round
of the CMAS World Cup in Lignano Sabbiadoro on March 15th-17th 2013. Ok
let’s try to know her a little more. Enjoy this interview, and obviously admire
the beautiful pictures that she sent us!
1) Hello
Valeria, you are one of the best Finswimmers all over the World, tell us about
your career since the beginnings.
Hello! I
started finswimming when I was 12 years old! Before that I was a sport
gymnastics for 8 years! I am into the Sport almost all my life! And so I came
to finswimming with a very good physical shape, but I din’t know how to swim!
During the first training sessions, my coach (Zadorozhnyaya Olga, the best
coach for me) noticed me and asked me to try to swim with the monofin. When
the first time I wore a monofin, I thought, “And now? How should I must swim?”,
at the first time my technique was such terribly that my coach wanted to cry.
But I quickly began to receive. I got in his element.
2) What do you
do in your life? What kind of job/studies? How do you mix work/study and sport?
Finswimming is
not just a hobby, it is also an important part of my life. I love this sport.
And I like when little kids want to be like me! I am very glad to know that I’m
an example for someone and that I can motivate young people to achieve their goals!
One year ago, I finished studies in Sports Disciplines! Now i don’t work as
coach, but I help my trainers with kids, and practicing myself for it! In the
future I plan to share my experience as a coach, but I also plan to study
further, and perhaps it will not be related to sports!
3) 1’28″50 on
200sf…Amazing and unbeliveable World Record…How did you feel the day you swam
it?
As you probably
suppose, 200 meters is my favorite race. How did I feel when I exceed the World
Record? I felt so great! I was training so hard before World Cup in Italy, but
I was very suprised after the 1’28″50. In that day everything was normal. I
came to the pool, warmed up and swam. This is unbelievable feeling! I wish that
everyone could feel like me. Yes it was an amazing performance, but I want
more, I want to suprise myself and everyone another time!
4) Who are your
favorite Finswimmers and why? Who is/was your point of
reference?
My favorite
finswimmer and my friend is Igor Saprykin! I had been swimming with him all of
my life in the same swimming pool! He has always been a surprisingly strong
athlete, an example for me! He taught me a lot, and not only
in sports! I grew up on his advices! The winning by Igor Saprykin inspired me,
I always wanted to be like him. So I really want to thank him!
5) What do you
like about Finswimming? And what do you hate?
Finswimming is
a beautiful and dynamic sport. I love our sport because of the speed,
adrenaline, for feel fear before the race, for unbelievable happiness after a
winning! We swim like dolphins. This sport gave me a lot of friends. How we
cannot love this sport? But the big problem is that we haven’t get any money
for this sport and many talented sportsmen have to the end their careers,
because they need а work and need money. This is a very
difficult decision.
6) If you could
do something, what would you do to let Finswimming grow?
If I could do
something to make our sport an Olympic, I will do it! This is a dream of all
finswimmers! And I know that some people do a lot of things that can help our
sport to be Olympic! At the Universiade in Kazan it will be presented our sport
on the opening ceremony, this can help! So we will wait!
7) Why are you
tanned all the year? Where do you usually train?
Many people ask
me “How can you train in outdoor pool?”. My pool doesn’t have the roof for all
year! I am swimming in winter, when it’s snowing, raining, winding! The water
temperature in winter is about +29+30°C! The pool has special output when we go
in water and where we dress monofins in winter time! Very difficult to go to
the training at 6 am, when outside is -15°C and swimming in cold water! But in
the summer is so cool! We swim under the sun, after training we can sunbathe
and so my skin always brown! 
8) You will
take part to World Games in Colombia and Cmas Games in Russia, what are your
targets for these two competitions?
I don’t love
talkink about my targets!I think the goal for all athletes at such competitions
is winning! But at the last World Games I got only silver
medals and I want a gold one! This is my target!
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