Down-the-line.com/Athletics. Winner and multiple medalist of the 110-meter hurdles world championships, Russian athlete Sergei Shubenkov spoke up when he thought about changing his sporting citizenship.

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“Many were afraid that after the mass suspension of Russian athletes, people would run to change their sports citizenship. But people weren’t running, these are just isolated cases that can be counted on the fingers of two hands. And half of them arrived for family reasons.I think people are aware and therefore don’t go en masse to other countries.Maybe they don’t go there because it’s not bad here, even in such isolated conditions.

Moreover, moving to another country, changing even sporting citizenship is not the easiest story, which has many nuances. This is a last resort for any athlete.

Have I thought about changing sports citizenship? There were such thoughts at a time when the suspension of Russian athletes dragged on and lasted for several years. But I was just thinking – things weren’t going beyond thoughts and couldn’t go. In my case, everything suits me in Russia. It’s not such a simple story that you passed down on paper, and everything in your life remains the same. In my case it wouldn’t work and I’m not shaking anywhere. Even in the current conditions of Russian sport and athletics,” Match TV quoted Shubenkov as saying.

The Olympic medalist escaped from the Cuban national team when the team returned from the United States to the World Championships in Athletics