There have been no requests from Russians regarding the change of sports citizenship, the Russian Synchronized Swimming Federation said.

President of the Russian Synchronized Swimming Federation Olga Brusnikina in an interview with , she said that the department had not received any official requests on the topic of changing sports citizenship.

— Are there cases in the Russian Federation when our synchronized swimmers receive offers to change sports citizenship?

“During this entire period of illegal and unjust suspension, we have not received any request – official, at least from the federation – regarding permission to transfer certain athletes. Perhaps negotiations took place with someone personally. But I don’t know about them,” Brusnikina told .

In January, the International Swimming Federation (World Aquatics) announced that Russian athletes would not participate in the February World Aquatics Championships, in Doha, from February 2 to 18.

The Russian synchronized swimming team will not be able to compete at the Paris Olympics (July 26 to August 11), since the rules for admission to international qualifying competitions, even in neutral status, imply participation only solo, and this is not the case. is not the case. a sort of Olympic program.

Source : MatchTV

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