“None of the shooters of the Russian national team plans to change their citizenship” – Mamedov

Currently, candidates for Russian national team No fencing athlete thinks about changing his sports citizenship, the president of the Russian Fencing Federation (RFF) told . Ilgar Mamedov .

As previously reported, in October a payment order came into force in the event of dismissal of an athlete from the TsSP of his own free will for unjustified reasons. Cases of change of sporting citizenship may also fall under this clause. Earlier, Tokyo Olympic silver medalist Sergei Bida joined the American team.

“I’ve painted a point of view for our guys that we’re definitely not going anywhere, they need to understand that. So he said, “If you want to leave, go ahead, I’m not holding anyone back.” Leave like a human being, not like Bida did. We don’t have serfdom, but we don’t need to lie and make things up.

But none of the guys expressed a desire to change their sports citizenship. We organized a meeting at Sirius for 100 people. No one even mentioned wanting to leave. I understand that many people want to participate in international competitions if they have the opportunity. They will certainly not travel at the expense of the ministry, because it only sponsors candidates for the national team. Therefore, if they want to train competitively, let them do it at their own expense or at the expense of the regions,” Mamedov told the correspondent.