Athletistic / Figure skating. Russian figure skater Sofya Samodelkina commented on the transition to the Kazakhstan national team. The athlete’s change of nationality became known in the summer of 2023.

“It all started with a conversation with mom and dad. Dad asks the question: what are you going to do next? And I’m having a very difficult season. During the whole conversation, my throat was tight, the tears, a tense state, even if they spoke to me calmly.

In fact, I didn’t understand what to do next. I don’t want anything at all – I just want to lie on the bed, play on the phone, read books, watch TV series. He says to me: what are the options? We will listen to everything. Change coach? No, I don’t want to change coaches, I’m happy with everything.

Rodnina described her attitude towards the Paris Olympics with one succinct phrase

Do you want to play for another country? At first I said “no” – the position of a little child. So I say: what are the advantages of this? And they… well, you can perform internationally. If you succeed, you will be able to win this or that competition. This is not a quick question, if you are in favor of it, let’s think about it, let’s expand on it.

In the end, I agreed. There was no question of which country. There was just one question and I gave the answer,” the skater said on OKKO.



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