Last August, the 17-year-old figure skater changed her Russian sporting nationality to that of Kazakhstan. On Sunday, April 14, Kazakhstan national team coach Assem Kasanova said that the FFKKR was not granting Samodelkina the necessary exemption for the athlete to start competing for another country.
“This issue must be resolved by the FFKKR. My opinion: there is no point in detaining anyone,” Tarasova quotes in an interview with Match TV.
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Source: Sport
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