Athletistic/Tennis. President of the Russian Tennis Federation (RFF), member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Shamil Tarpishchev said that the strongest Russian tennis players have no reason to change their citizenship. According to him, they behave like true patriots.
“The IOC’s decision cannot push Russian athletes to change their sports citizenship. Those who trained with us have not left. Someone can try, because many are now convinced. If we take the practice of the last three years, no one left”, Everyone plays for us. This year, 951 Russians played abroad, and no one left. And what is the point of the best tennis players leaving? I think they are all patriots, because no one spoke out anywhere, did not let us down, “he quotes the words Tarpishchev “Match TV”.
On November 29, the IOC Executive Committee approved the change in sports citizenship of Greco-Roman wrestler Georgy Tibilov and cycling representatives Valeria Lyubimova and Mikhail Yakovlev without the approval of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC), as well as without the standard of three years. quarantine.
Source: Sport
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