Head Coach Russian team in track cycling, Sergey Kovpanets, in a conversation with , regretted that the winner of the world cycling championship Mikhail Yakovlev decided to change sports citizenship.
As a source familiar with the situation told , Yakovlev received an Israeli passport at the very beginning of August, and now he is already in this country.
— It’s a pity that we lose a rider as talented as Michael. Each one makes a choice for himself, he has made such a choice. I know that Misha tried to enter the contest individually in a neutral status, but he did not get a response. It certainly affected as well,” Kovpanets told .
Yakovlev, 21, won a bronze medal in the keirin at the 2021 Track Cycling World Championships.
Source : MatchTV
