Janika Vartlaan will represent Ukrainian team of Rhythmic gymnastic.
Janika Vartlaan will represent Ukrainian team of Rhythmic gymnastic.
The champion of Estonia in rhythmic gymnastics in 2016, 18-year-old Janika Vartlaan will act under the flag of Ukraine.
However in September this year, media wrote that Vartlaan planed to act for the national team of Russia, informs edition rus.err.ee.
"The decision of the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) that Vartlaan Janik has the right to speak for Ukraine, we received two days ago", - reported in the Secretariat Gymnastics Federation of Ukraine (FGU).
Technically change procedure sporting nationality is as follows: gymnast wrote a statement about his intention to serve under the flag of another country, the federation of these countries render their decisions, and then send appropriate requests to FIG.
"We told FIG that Vartlaan would like to see in his team. Estonian Federation for its part also confirmed that it does not mind "- added to FGU.
The newspaper said a board member of Estonian Union of Gymnastics Natalia Inno said that dual citizenship had Vartlaan - Estonia and Ukraine.
"After 18 years of age in the sport need to decide which country will you represent. As far as I know, Janik and her parents had the idea of getting athlete 's citizenship. This was due, firstly, that it trained all his life in Moscow, and secondly, it was the interest of the Olympic Reserve of. She filed documents for Russian citizenship. but what happened in the last year - I do not know that, "she said.
"In international competitions last year Janika did not come as break into Russian team is very difficult. And in the summer, as I understand, she wanted to play for Ukraine ", - added Inno.
The champion of Estonia in rhythmic gymnastics in 2016, 18-year-old Janika Vartlaan will act under the flag of Ukraine.
However in September this year, media wrote that Vartlaan planed to act for the national team of Russia, informs edition rus.err.ee.
"The decision of the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) that Vartlaan Janik has the right to speak for Ukraine, we received two days ago", - reported in the Secretariat Gymnastics Federation of Ukraine (FGU).
Technically change procedure sporting nationality is as follows: gymnast wrote a statement about his intention to serve under the flag of another country, the federation of these countries render their decisions, and then send appropriate requests to FIG.
"We told FIG that Vartlaan would like to see in his team. Estonian Federation for its part also confirmed that it does not mind "- added to FGU.
The newspaper said a board member of Estonian Union of Gymnastics Natalia Inno said that dual citizenship had Vartlaan - Estonia and Ukraine.
"After 18 years of age in the sport need to decide which country will you represent. As far as I know, Janik and her parents had the idea of getting athlete 's citizenship. This was due, firstly, that it trained all his life in Moscow, and secondly, it was the interest of the Olympic Reserve of. She filed documents for Russian citizenship. but what happened in the last year - I do not know that, "she said.
"In international competitions last year Janika did not come as break into Russian team is very difficult. And in the summer, as I understand, she wanted to play for Ukraine ", - added Inno.
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