Yolanda Chen, the silver medalist of the 1993 World Championship in triple jump, said that she will not react at all to the change of sports citizenship of Russian athletes, and that she will not keep athletes who decide to leave. Words lead the way Meta ratings.
“Why do we need them? Let them ride wherever they want. We have a stylish group of Eteri Tutberidze who always make great athletes. “It’s a shame that such a strong sporting power is even holding on to some small athletes who are about to leave,” said Chen.
On August 4, a source told RIA Novosti that Russian figure skater Sofia Samodelkina was quickly granted Kazakh citizenship and will compete for the new country. At the same time, the Russian Figure Skating Federation (FFKKR) has not yet approved the transfer of the athlete to the jurisdiction of another national federation. On August 7, Nadezhda Perfilyeva, general director of the Kazakhstan Skating Union, announced that the figure skater had received a Kazakhstani passport.
Last season, at the Russian Grand Prix stage in Samara, Samodelkina won the short and free programs ahead of Olympic medalists Alexandra Trusova and Ksenia Gushchina.
Samodelkina trains at CSKA under the guidance of Svetlana Sokolovskaya in the group she moved to before the start of last season.
Formerly another Russian grandmaster changed citizenship.