Vektor 3,197 Posted February 25, 2023 #11 Share Posted February 25, 2023 I think we gained one more Russian wrestler since the invasion started: Orsus Sztalvira. At the very least she has a Hungarian grandfather (Orsus/Orsós), so she has some connection to Hungary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makedonas 1,911 Posted February 25, 2023 #12 Share Posted February 25, 2023 On 2/24/2023 at 8:56 AM, Monzanator said: 14 year old tennis player Alisa Oktiabreva represents Czech Republic now though the decision must have been made by her parents. Her ITF profile still says Russia though? Two teenage tennis players, Yaroslava Bartashevich (WTA no. 846) switched to France and Elena Korokozidi (WTA no. 859) switched to Greece. Korokozidi clearly has a Greek surname so I'm not surprised. Also, it looks like she now lives in Greece for the last year or so and has a Greek coach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHSN 3,404 Posted February 25, 2023 #13 Share Posted February 25, 2023 On 2/25/2023 at 12:32 AM, phelps said: yes, of course...but it looks that the current situation might have increased the number of Russian born wrestlers deciding to look for luck elsewhere... no as far as I know, lots of Russian wrestlers switch country each year simply because they are too good in this sport and you can have only 1 in your own team. (and this is an amateur sport, if you don't wrestle at the Worlds/Olympics you are wasting your time) for example half of 97kg wrestlers in the World are from Russia (no kidding) simply because of Sadulaev. in wrestling there is a short window at the end of the year to switch country. if you miss that, you have to wait until the next year. all of those guys mentioned switched countries before December 2022 which means they did that in at least December 2021, before the war. all of their top guys (except Sadulaev) are active in their own local competitions (sometimes international), with good prize money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmitry 92 Posted March 5, 2023 #14 Share Posted March 5, 2023 (edited) The former Women's World Chess Champion Alexandra Kosteniuk represents Switzerland since 3rd of March. Another chess grandmaster Alexandr Predke represents Serbia now. Edited March 5, 2023 by Dmitry thepharoah 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmitry 92 Posted March 10, 2023 #15 Share Posted March 10, 2023 Russian 2006 chess champion Evgeny Alekseev will play for Israel. Benolympique 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikolaB 409 Posted March 10, 2023 #16 Share Posted March 10, 2023 In last two years almost a half million of Russians and Ukrainians emigrated to Serbia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SalamAkhi 296 Posted March 10, 2023 #17 Share Posted March 10, 2023 Track cycling : Mikhail Yakovlev to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian1010 7,659 Posted March 10, 2023 #18 Share Posted March 10, 2023 Mikhail Novikov (sailing: formula kite), who had some top results in youth competitions, switched to intoronto and phelps 2 “Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grassmarket 2,983 Posted March 10, 2023 #19 Share Posted March 10, 2023 (edited) 14 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said: Mikhail Novikov (sailing: formula kite), who had some top results in youth competitions, switched to Totally legit parentage reasons though. Edited March 10, 2023 by Grassmarket phelps 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh 7,827 Posted March 28, 2023 #20 Share Posted March 28, 2023 (edited) Varvara Gracheva (Women’s Tennis) is switching* from Russia to France. Edited March 29, 2023 by Josh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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