OREANDA-NEWS  Multiple European champion in short water swimming Anastasia Kirpichnikova announced her transfer to the French national team.

"I am proud to represent France at the next World Cup. Of course, many thanks to the Russian Swimming Federation for believing in me for eight years," RIA Novosti Sport reports the athlete's words.

22-year—old Kirpichnikova is a three-time winner of the 2020 European Championship, a master of sports of international class.