None of Russia’s luge players plan to change sports citizenship, says Russian national team head coach Sergei Chudinov .
On Monday, a press conference was held devoted to the big starts of the 2022/23 season in luge. Also in attendance were head coach of the Russian national team on natural ban Andrey Knyr, three-time luge world champion Roman Repilov, 12-time World Cup winner on natural ban Ekaterina Lavrentyeva, as well as silver medalist silver and bronze. of the Olympic Games Tatyana Ivanova.
– I believe that the change of sporting citizenship is the decision of each athlete, we can understand it, but we are not obliged to accept it. It didn’t affect our family, the team, the guys are all patriotic and understanding. I mean the sports era is extremely short, there are too many stakes. If someone looks at this radically, then it should be understood that for athletes a career is their whole life, ”reports a correspondent in the words of Chudinov.
At the end of January, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced that it would consider the possibility of admitting to international departures Russian and Belarusian athletes in a neutral status, who have not actively supported the CBO. IOC chief Thomas Bach admitted that the Russians could participate in the Summer Olympics in Paris in a neutral status.
Source : MatchTV
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