Penza, 7 August 2016. PenzaNews. The Penza swimmer Sergei Fesikov will be acting as a commentator for the swimming competition at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, the athlete wrote in his Instagram account.

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On Sunday, August 7, he published a photo of his wife and Russian swimming team captain Anastasiya Fesikova with a supportive description.

“I know you are having it very hard there, but in spite of it all I believe you’ll persevere and do everything you can! The whole family is supporting you with our energy and thoughts! All your friends and relatives will be rooting for you to give you strength! And I will be living through it with you at the commentator’s mike!” he wrote.

According to him, the broadcasts of preliminaries, semifinals and finals in swimming will be broadcast via TV Channel One at 19.00 and 4.00.

“Today is also the day of my debut in a new role! Please don’t judge me too hard! I will try to be an interesting and good commenter and discusser! Let’s keep rooting for our national team together and keep our fingers crossed! Go Russia, Only Forward! Best wishes to all,” Sergei Fesikov added.