Ilya Kvasha, the leader of the Ukrainian national diving team, will miss the whole season.

The reason for this is the operation, after which he is banned from loading and before the European Championship he will not be able to recover, so it was decided to skip all year and prepare for the 2019 season.

This was in an interview with iSport. ua told the head coach of the national team Tamara Tokmacheva.

"Ilya will not perform this year. It will be prepared for 2019. He goes to maintain his form, swims, but does not yet load himself, "Tokmacheva said..

Recall, Kvasha is the bronze medalist of the 2008 Olympic Games, the winner of the world championships and the multiple champion of Europe.