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Russian athletes that have changed nationalities

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Swimmers Kirpichnikova and Nikolaev want to switch to France and Australia.   https://m.sports.ru/aquatics/1115076548-chempionka-evropy-po-plavaniyu-kirpichnikova-i-serebryanyj-prizer-chr-.h

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

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You'd think they would all be flocking to those African ski resorts

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104 chess players from Russia have changed their nationality in 2023. The biggest names are :SUI Alexandra Kosteniuk, :HUN Sanan Sjugirov, :SRB Alexey Sarana, :SLO Vladimir Fedoseev, :ENG Nikita Vitiugov, :SRB Alexandr Predke, :AUT Kirill Alekseenko, :ESP Maksim Chigaev, :ROU Alexander Motylev, :SLO Anton Demchenko, :FRA Pavel Tregubov, :MNE Nikita Petrov, :ISR Evgeny Alekseev.

 

88 did it in 2022 including :NOR Evgeny Romanov and :POL Alina Kashlinskaya, 10 in 2021.

https://www.sports.ru/chess/1115746343-104-rossijskix-shaxmatista-smenili-grazhdanstvo-v-2023-m-pyatero-peres.html

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It was revealed some time ago and it's official from next week. Tennis player Alexander Shevchenko will switch to :KAZ . Don't expect his wife doing the same though ;)

 

 

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2 hours ago, Monzanator said:

It was revealed some time ago and it's official from next week. Tennis player Alexander Shevchenko will switch to :KAZ . Don't expect his wife doing the same though ;)

 

 

Good luck learning the national anthem.

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I don't think any of the Russians who became Kazakhs bothered to learn the new national anthem with maybe the exception of Shvedova who even attends Kazakh ice hockey league games :p

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Elina Avanesyan (WTA #78) born in Russia to Armenian parents will represent :ARM

 

https://sportball24.com/en/post/elina-avanesyan-budet-vystupat-za-armeniyu/

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Valeriy Gontar (cross-country skiing) has started to compete for Slovenia :SLO

 

https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/athlete-biography.html?sectorcode=CC&seasoncode=&competitorid=178100&type=result&categorycode=&sort=&place=&disciplinecode=&position=&limit=150

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