Athletistic/ Figure Skating. Russian figure skater Karina Akopova said that at one time the Russian Figure Skating Federation did not allow her to change her nationality.

“For six months I skated without a pair and couldn’t find a partner. Coach Andrey Pashin said there was a guy in Australia who also skated without a pair. When he arrived in Moscow, we were put together and everything immediately started to work. Later we flew to Australia to negotiate the transition to their national team. I spent three months there and it cost the family dearly, then I received a message from my mother that the federation had not given the green light for the transition. . Everything was in vain, ”said the athlete.

Later, Karina Akopova started skating with Nikita Rakhmaninin and last season the duo won gold at the Budapest tournament and the Challenge Cup.