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.

I don`t know- Zueva is from Blr.

AIN berths could be rejected ? They were pretty safe as far as I understand.

She probably will 1 reserve in 5000. There is still 1 World Cup left, but the top 9 seems secure + 3 people with the fastest times: Ger, Chn, Ain- Blr. We'll see if Zueva (Ain) will be allowed to start- she is the 2nd fastest skater for today.

Violette Braun  6'57 over 5000m is the best ever u20 time at sea-level. She's now very close to clinching a spot at the Olympics in the 3000m, which would be the first time a Frenchwoman qualified since 1988. What is more impressive is that 14 months ago, her name was absent of any speed skating database, as she had never started a race on ice of her life. 

This event starts tonight in Kelowna.

Not sure how final is that. At least many games are still TBC or between venues. 

Thats true, i paid like 12 USD in some games   The only expensive game i went was Brazil 1x7 Germany   Payed like 300 USD

They posted stadiums in wikipedia      our first match in Missouri , the next 2 matchs in Texas    https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coupe_du_monde_de_football_2026  

I do agree with you, but it's a price question, 1500 for USA - Paraguay doesn't seem to worth it if Switzerland-Italy was $500, i'm sure the prices at 2014 were much better