Russian athletes that have changed nationalities

[Dmitry 92]

Chess grandmaster Alexey Sarana who won European Championship in March have started play for Serbia in April. And FIDE confirmed the move of another chess grandmaster Alexander Predke to Serbia too.

[Dmitry 92]

2014 European chess champion Alexander Motylev will compete for Romania. And some days ago World Aquatics gave permission to Kirpichnikova for competing for France.

[Monzanator 3,599]

WTA has agreed to put a flag next to Varvara Gracheva from next week in Bad Homburg. She hasn't received the French passport yet.

 

French women's tennis is so bad these days that Gracheva will become the French #2 right away (behind Caroline Garcia).

 

 

 

 

[Monzanator 3,599]

And here it is. The new French #2 in women's tennis

 

 

 

 

[Benolympique 1,646]

6 minutes ago, Monzanator said:

And here it is. The new French #2 in women's tennis

 

 

 

 

Can she compete in the 2024 Olympics?

[Monzanator 3,599]

33 minutes ago, Benolympique said:

Can she compete in the 2024 Olympics?

 

I think so. There is no Olympic tennis qualifying per se, the WTA ranking is the official measuring stick and French women have completely lost depth in the last few seasons. Other than Garcia & Cornet there is nobody who can play at Gracheva level atm. Parry & Paquet have stalled, Ferro was out injured and Mladenovic is a joke in singles these days.

[dullard 437]

14 hours ago, Monzanator said:

 

I think so. There is no Olympic tennis qualifying per se, the WTA ranking is the official measuring stick and French women have completely lost depth in the last few seasons. Other than Garcia & Cornet there is nobody who can play at Gracheva level atm. Parry & Paquet have stalled, Ferro was out injured and Mladenovic is a joke in singles these days.

Isn't she required to have competed in BJK Cup or have an exemption from ITF?

[Monzanator 3,599]

5 hours ago, dullard said:

Isn't she required to have competed in BJK Cup or have an exemption from ITF?

Yeah, that is required but I believe she will be called up for the November finals so that would take care of it.

[Olympian1010 7,479]

Arina Valitova (tennis)

[JoshMartini007 2,214]

15 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

Arina Valitova (tennis)

She's been competing for Saint Kitts and Nevis since before the war. She was at the 2021 Junior Pan American Games.