Russian athletes that have changed nationalities

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Oh dear oh dear.  Going to be ructions with this one.  Established international diver Sofia Lyskun wants to transfer from..... to !  

 

Somehow I think the three year rule will be enforced.

 

Sofiia Lyskun: Ukrainian federation 'expresses deep indignation' after champion diver switches to Russia - BBC Sport

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[avlar 454]

4 hours ago, Grassmarket said:

Oh dear oh dear.  Going to be ructions with this one.  Established international diver Sofia Lyskun wants to transfer from..... to !  

 

Somehow I think the three year rule will be enforced.

 

Sofiia Lyskun: Ukrainian federation 'expresses deep indignation' after champion diver switches to Russia - BBC Sport

Surely. Her first coach now works in russia (and grandma lives in russia according to Sereda). They were in contact and despite of full funding from  the girl decided to become the star of russian propaganda. 


As I saw in X:
"It took the Russians four years of war to find a relatively well-known sports personality to carry out such a propaganda operation."

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[heywoodu 15,997]

5 hours ago, Grassmarket said:

Oh dear oh dear.  Going to be ructions with this one.  Established international diver Sofia Lyskun wants to transfer from..... to !  

 

Somehow I think the three year rule will be enforced.

 

Sofiia Lyskun: Ukrainian federation 'expresses deep indignation' after champion diver switches to Russia - BBC Sport

 

Ukrainian diver Lyskun switches allegiance to Russia, loses all medals | Olympics News | Al Jazeera

 

'loses all medals'

 

I would assume Al Jazeera could have been a bit clearer and mention this would presumably only be national medals. I mean, it's not like the Ukrainian federation, or any single federation for that matter, has the power to strip her of her world and European championships medals I hope (not for her sake, but because that would be a super weird precedent)  

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21 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

 

Ukrainian diver Lyskun switches allegiance to Russia, loses all medals | Olympics News | Al Jazeera

 

'loses all medals'

 

I would assume Al Jazeera could have been a bit clearer and mention this would presumably only be national medals. I mean, it's not like the Ukrainian federation, or any single federation for that matter, has the power to strip her of her world and European championships medals I hope (not for her sake, but because that would be a super weird precedent)  

I think they incorrectly translated Ukrainian word "nahorody" - it is not a full synonym of "medal". Its cocrrect translation is "award".

Meanwhile russian tennis playes switched for

Potapova -> 

Rakhimova -> 
 

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What are the odds WTA/ITF has Kostyuk vs Potapova AO R1 just to see if the hand shake happens?