Five-time European champion, four-time world championship medalist in the short track, Sofia Prosvirnova explained why she decided to move to the Danish national team.
The 25-year-old athlete previously played for the Russian national team. In 2022, the girl married Danish skater Viktor Torup.
“What encouraged? To be honest, I didn’t see any other option. The last two or three seasons have been tough for me psychologically. Including Covid. We had a lot of training camps at the base where we hardly ever parted, didn’t see family, didn’t see Victor. We only met at the Olympic Games.
And as I was preparing for the Olympics, I realized that I just had to squeeze, but I can’t live like that anymore. Either I play for the Russian national team, but we will train with Viktor or we change things.
Finally, we considered the citizenship option. Victor could have studied in Russia, but he did not. Then they thought I could study abroad and keep my citizenship – we had high hopes for this option. But according to the rules, I could not work abroad, ”says Prosvirnova. “Sport Express”.
Recall that the International Skating Union (ISU) suspended Russian and Belarusian athletes from the competition. The ISU explained this decision with the recommendations of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). At the beginning of June 2022, this decision was approved at the ISU congress. It has an indeterminate structure.
Formerly Prosvirnova compared to Salaries for the national teams of Russia and Denmark.