Objective of the study was to run a correlation analysis of the Unified Russian Sports Classification and Federal Sports Training Standards systems in application to the special physical fitness qualifications, with the swimming and cycling sports taken for the case study. Methods and structure of the study. The study was run under the cyclic sports (swimming and cycling, hereinafter referred to as selected sports) research project at the St. Petersburg Scientific Research Institute of Physical Culture in 2019. We used a theoretical and historiographic analyses and mathematical statistics methods for the purposes of the study. The Unified Russian Sports Classification and Federal Sports Training Standards data array for the study covered the period of 2013-2020, with the data analyzed for correspondence of the regulatory frameworks, contents, requirements, norms and standards in both of the systems. Results and conclusions. Our comparative analysis of the Federal Sports Training Standards and Unified Russian Sports Classification standards for the special physical fitness required for the top sports mastery stage qualifications in the selected sports disciplines found multiple disagreements and mismatches in these systems of standards. The study demonstrates that the regulatory agencies in charge of both standards systems development process obviously failed to duly coordinate their efforts when establishing a regulatory framework for the sports reserve training system in our country.
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