Natalia Ishchenko has not yet decided to resume her sports career

Three-time Olympic champion in Synchronized Swimming Natalia Ishchenko, who has taken a break from her sports career after the London Olympic Games, will decide on a possible return to professional sport in September. Natalia Ishchenko informed the Russian Olympic Committee press office.

In November 2013 Natalia Ishchenko became a mother for the first time and is on maternity leave to the present day.

At the London 2012 Olympic Games, Natalia Ishchenko won two gold medals – in Team and Duet events (with Svetlana Romashina). She won her first Olympic gold victory at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, in the Team events.