President of Russian Ski Racing Federation (FLGR) Elena Vyalbe said none of the national team members will sign permits to change sport citizenship.
– For the moment, no one has applied for either the federation or the association. I don’t understand what a change of sporting citizenship is. It is a change of citizenship, do not attribute the sport here. If now one of the members Russian team decides that he wants to leave the country, I will certainly not sign such a paper for anyone, because without us he will certainly not be able to compete there. This procedure is known to everyone. First, the two countries must agree, then they write a paper to the FIS, then it must accept it.
When it comes to children, the situations are different. Parents can go somewhere. And there will be no hindrance from me.
Now there is the only statement of the Belarusian athlete, who decided to change his citizenship to Russian. This is Anastasia Kirillova. Once she left Russia there, and now she has decided to return, ”Vyalba said in an interview with the Skiing! project.
Earlier, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced that it would consider the possibility of admitting Russian and Belarusian athletes to world starts in a neutral status, who have not actively supported the OSV. IOC chief Thomas Bach admitted that Russians could participate in the Paris Olympics without national symbols.
Source : MatchTV
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