Russian athletes that have changed nationalities

[Grassmarket 4,028]

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

Edited yesterday at 04:01 AM by Grassmarket

[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."

Edited 20 hours ago by avlar

[heywoodu 16,001]

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)  

[avlar 454]

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 -> 
 

[Monzanator 4,768]

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

[copravolley 498]

16 hours ago, avlar said:

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."

She comes from Luhansk, which was probably the most pro-Russian city in all of Ukraine. It's strange, though, that she fled to Kyiv in 2014 and continued start for Ukraine after 2022. She must have been in hiding well, right? It's very strange, because she knew perfectly well that the case would be exploited politically. I doubt she will ever compete in any diving competitions again. 

 

Long tim ago, such movements were quite popular, both in different directions, but this stopped after 2015. In the past, many Russians in biathlon would go to Ukraine if they didn't make the national team and in the mid-1990s, a few Ukrainian footballers went to play in Russia, in volleyball etc.

Edited 4 hours ago by copravolley

[copravolley 498]

15 hours 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)  

After 2015 was created a list of suspicious people from Ukraine who support Russia, or something like that? For example, people from Ukraine who played for sports clubs in Russia were included there, and by 2022, there were still quite a few such people. For example, this girl was listed there and probably still is, who now is still the captain of the Ukrainian women's national team - after 2022, she finally left Russia: https://myrotvorets.center/criminal/apanashhenko-darya-aleksandrovna/

Edited 3 hours ago by copravolley

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17 hours ago, avlar said:

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."

https://myrotvorets.center/criminal/apanashhenko-darya-aleksandrovna/

 

Can you write more about this list and whether it is still being maintained?