Russian short track star Sofia Prosvirnova will play for the Danish national team.

As the athlete stated, the change of citizenship is not related to the isolation of the occupiers due to the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation into Ukraine, and the main reason is her marriage to a Danish citizen:.

“The truth is that at this stage I am not ready to be separated from my husband.. Values \u200b\u200bare changing. Now building a family and my psychological health is on a par with building a sports career for me.. This leads me to the decision to change sports nationality. I am a patriot of my country. How many times I cried on a pedestal, just looking at our flag, sang a hymn in the shower. And come to terms with the fact that this chapter is over, believe me, it’s very hard,” wrote Prosvirnova on Instagram..

Note that the 25-year-old Prosvirnova is a four-time winner of the world championships and a five-time European champion..

Recall that on February 24 last year, Russian President Putin made an urgent statement about conducting a special military operation on the territory of Ukraine, launching a large-scale invasion of Ukrainian cities..

After that, Russian sports began to plunge into complete isolation.. There are practically no federations left that would not exclude Russians from their competitions.

On March 28 of this year, the IOC returned Russians and Belarusians to international sports with a number of restrictions..

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