How do Russian athletes spend their winter vacations?

How do Russian athletes spend their winter vacations?

Some meet the first days on vacation, others have already worked in training on January 1.

The New Year vacation is almost the only reason to interrupt the training process to gather with family and friends around the festive table. We tell you how the stars of national sports spend their vacations.

Yulia Efimova

On New Year’s Eve, the world champion swimmer wished her followers the fulfillment of dreams, publishing a festive photo with her pet Jasper from Sochi, where she is spending her vacations.

While the whole country is on vacation, Yulia is snowboarding and has already managed to fulfill her dream – to jump from a bungee.

Karen Khachanov

While on January 1, everyone was eating salads for breakfast, the Russian tennis player was already working on the court, which he told about in his Instagram. Now Karen is in Australia and is preparing for his first starts in the new year.

Valery Karpin

The head coach of the Russian soccer team spends New Year’s break in Egypt with his family and shows how he is diving.

In the comments under the post found several reports that the coach is looking for Russian soccer at the bottom. Valery Georgievich did not miss the message and ironically replied, “It’s there, you don’t even need to look for it.”

Svetlana Romashina

The seven-time Olympic synchronized swimming champion spends the holidays with her family and out of the hustle and bustle of the city. Together with her daughter and husband, the athlete takes long walks and enjoys the silence.

Igor Akinfeev

CSKA goalkeeper is already in full swing preparing for the upcoming training camp and working in the gym. As you can see on the photo, which Igor published in his Instagram account, only he finished the olivier by January 4.

Among the majority of Russian footballers, another trend has been identified – they spend their vacations in warm lands: Fyodor Smolov – on the millionaires’ island of Saint-Barthélemy in the Caribbean, Spartak’s Alexander Selikhov – in the Maldives, Lokomotiv’s Rifat Zhemaletdinov is also fishing there.