Double Olympic champion in biathlon Sergei Chepikov does not see the lack of international starts as a good reason to change sports citizenship.
Earlier on Monday, the former national team biathlete’s ex-coach Russia Daria Virolainen Leonid Myakishev told that in the new season the athlete could start playing for Finland . Virolainen finished second in the 15km individual race at the Finnish Summer Biathlon Championships on Sunday.
Can Virolainen change nationality? In this situation, everyone makes their own decision. But I would not change nationality. It is clear that many will have offers to play for other countries. But, I repeat, personally, I would not resort to such a measure as a change of citizenship. It is clear that times are tough, revenue may have gone down somewhere, there will be no World Cup prize money and there is no profit on products. advertisers. However, the winter season can be spent profitably. We now have a very serious project for the children’s biathlon. You can organize lessons and training for children. Of course, you can participate in Russian competitions. It’s clear that you can scatter in different countries, but that’s not patriotic,” Chepikov told .
Source : MatchTV
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