The Federation said that the break with Speedo "did not change anything" for Rylov

On March 22, British outfitter Speedo announced the termination of the contract with Olympic champion Evgeny Rylov due to his attending a rally-concert in Luzhniki Read us in News News

Two-time Olympic champion in Tokyo Evgeny Rylov is training as usual, not paying attention to the refusal of the outfitter Speedo from further cooperation. This was announced to RBC Sport by Yana Novikova, press attache of the Russian Swimming Federation.

“Now he works, continues to train, everything is as usual. Nothing has changed,” the federation said.

Viner said that the Averins are not afraid of sanctions because of the rally in Luzhniki

The British manufacturer of equipment for swimming Speedo terminated the sponsorship contract with Rylov because of his participation in a rally-concert in Luzhniki in honor of the eighth anniversary of the annexation of Crimea to RUSSIA.

Speedo has announced that it will hand over the balance of Rylov's sponsorship contract to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. The amount of payments is not specified.

The rally-concert was held on March 18, according to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, more than 203 thousand people attended Luzhniki, including more than 95 thousand at the stadium. Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke at the rally .

Rylov appeared on stage during the rally along with other Russian athletes, including skier Alexander Bolshunov, gymnasts Dina and Arina Averina, figure skaters Victoria Sinitsina, Nikita Katsalapov, Evgenia Tarasova, Vladimir Morozov and others. Rylov's jacket had the letter Z, which is applied on Russian equipment participating in the operation in Ukraine. After the appearance of the athletes, the Russian anthem was played at the stadium.

Speedo terminated the contract with Evgeny Rylov because of a rally in Luzhniki. Others

Rylov won the 100 and 200 meters backstroke at the Tokyo Games and became the silver medalist in the 4x200m freestyle relay. The swimmer also has a bronze medal in the Rio de Janeiro Olympics in the 200-meter backstroke, two golds, three silvers and three bronzes of the world championships.