President of the Russian Skating Union Nikolai Gulyaev told he had no moral right to interfere with the short track player Sofia Prosvirnova to change sporting citizenship, as she makes this decision for family reasons.
On Tuesday, five-time European and multiple world champion Prosvirnova announced plans to change sporting citizenship to Danish. After the Beijing Games, the athlete married Danish speed skater Viktor Torup.
– He is one of our strongest athletes in short track, but I have no moral right to intervene in such a decision, objectively the circumstances have evolved. Sophia got married, she has a family there. He can’t train here, Sofya has decided to play for Denmark. Again, this is how the circumstances developed, this is an objective reason,” Gulyaev told .
Source : MatchTV
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