Judo EJU Cadet European Cup 2019 (Follonica)

Well, we lived through Caroline Wozniacki representing Denmark and there was some talk if she could switch to Poland early on but she said no since she lived her entire life in Denmark anyway. But she was very popular here. On the other side Angelique Kerber who also has Polish ancestry actually lived in Poland on her grandfather's estate (which was a tennis academy). In the last few years except Eugenia Bujak (cycling) switching to Slovenia due to a conflict with the federation we don't really have such cases. I can understand many Italians have their opinion on Colturi & her mother alas it's boosted by the lack of other top end prospects in your skiing now (and some other winter sports). I'm surprised Italian journalists haven't figured out what's behind Colturi's switch already because it has to be money or "personal differences" either way.

Or is Girardelli respected in Austria these days...

We must ask our Austrian users if they cheered for Girardelii. But do we have any Austrian users LOL?

It's just that Austria had a lot of skiers in that time and we don't have any others among the young ones now.

Marco Girardelli went to Luxembourg one day and he had a great career. I doubt he did regret that move.