German table tennis player of Ukrainian origin Dmitry Ovcharov left the Russian "

The athlete spoke about this on his Facebook page..

" A few weeks ago I decided to leave Orenburg.

Orenburg " During this time, I made many friends there, and the club gave me great support in my sporting development.. I am very grateful to everyone for this..

It's not the sport's fault, but I can't just keep playing table tennis.!

My grandmother lived in Kyiv a few weeks ago. Thank God that we managed to take her to Germany.

I pray every day for this war to end,” Ovcharov said..

Ovtcharov is a six-time Olympic medalist in table tennis. In January 2018, Dmitry became the first racket of the world.

He was born in Kyiv, but his family moved to Germany when he was four.

Recall that MLS clubs refused to work with players and coaches from Russia and Belarus.