{"id":132950,"date":"2015-04-29T11:44:57","date_gmt":"2015-04-29T18:44:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=132950"},"modified":"2015-07-28T17:59:01","modified_gmt":"2015-07-29T00:59:01","slug":"russia-wants-michael-phelps-to-swim-at-worlds-in-kazan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/russia-wants-michael-phelps-to-swim-at-worlds-in-kazan\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia Wants Michael Phelps to Swim at Worlds in Kazan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some heavy-hitters within Russian swimming are rallying around the hashtag #MichaelSwim4Russia in hopes that Michael Phelps will show up at the 2015 World Championships this year.<\/p>\n<p>Dmitry Volkov, one of the top ambassadors of Russian swimming and an Olympic bronze medalist in the 100 breast at the 1988 Olympics, took time out during Russian Nationals to speak with several administrators and swimmers about Phelps potentially gaining a special dispensation from FINA to swim at the World Championships.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alexander Popov:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(function(d, s, id) {  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;version=v2.3\";  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-allowfullscreen=\"true\" data-href=\"\/swimillustrated\/videos\/vb.1009016225801648\/1011374998899104\/?type=1\">\n<div class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\">\n<blockquote cite=\"\/swimillustrated\/videos\/1011374998899104\/\"><p><a href=\"\/swimillustrated\/videos\/1011374998899104\/\">\u041d\u0435\u0441\u043a\u043e\u043b\u044c\u043a\u043e \u0441\u043b\u043e\u0432 \u043e\u0442 \u0410\u043b\u0435\u043a\u0441\u0430\u043d\u0434\u0440\u0430 \u041f\u043e\u043f\u043e\u0432\u0430 \u041c\u0430\u0439\u043a\u043b\u0443 \u0424\u0435\u043b\u043f\u0441\u0443<\/a>\u041d\u0435\u0441\u043a\u043e\u043b\u044c\u043a\u043e \u0441\u043b\u043e\u0432 \u043e\u0442 \u0410\u043b\u0435\u043a\u0441\u0430\u043d\u0434\u0440\u0430 \u041f\u043e\u043f\u043e\u0432\u0430 \u041c\u0430\u0439\u043a\u043b\u0443 \u0424\u0435\u043b\u043f\u0441\u0443 #MichaelSwim4Russia #MichaelPhelps #ArmyofRussianSwimmers<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/swimillustrated\">Swim Illustrated<\/a> on Saturday, April 25, 2015<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In the video above, Popov says that he&#8217;d love to see Phelps in Russia and that he would have great support here. 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