Sofiya Lyskun is in the eye of the storm.
Today, Sofia Lyskun is Russian. PDO
A diver Sofiya Lyskun23, has got people in the Ukraine on edge with his uproar.
The athlete who won European Championship gold for Ukraine in June of last year has changed his citizenship to Russian. The information came out this week.
The young athlete’s decision angered the Ukrainian Diving Federation. The union said in its announcementthat he had not known about Lyskun’s intentions.
The union strongly condemns Lyskuni’s defection to Russia.
– Such actions are absolutely unacceptable, as they not only undermine the reputation of an individual athlete, but also the entire Ukrainian team, which fights relentlessly every day to represent our country in the international arena, the release stated.
The release also stated that the federation decided to immediately dismiss the athlete from the Ukrainian national team and deprive him of all titles and awards won under the federation.
The association also intends to “appeal to international sports bodies so that Lysku could be banned from competition in accordance with current international standards”.
Since the start of the war in Ukraine, Russian and Belarusian athletes have not been allowed to compete in World Aquatics competitions.
Lyskun justified his defection to Russia the BBC according to the Russian newspaper Izvestija because he did not feel that he could develop in the Ukrainian national team.
In June of last year, Lyskun won EC gold in the 10-meter Pair Jump together Ksenija Bailon with.
Sofiya Lyskun and Ksenija Bailo won the EC gold last year. PDO