NAKHABINO (Moscow region), July 24, Andrey Simonenko. Seven-time Olympic champion in synchronized swimming, Svetlana Romashina, commenting on the topic of a possible change of sports citizenship by Russian athletes, said that everyone has the right to make his own decision on this matter. Earlier, Roman Teryushkov, a member of the State Duma Committee on Physical Culture and citizenship by an athlete of a national team should be equated with an act of treason. «It is difficult to give advice when you are not in an individual situation, this is the personal life of each person. What they say that a change of citizenship will be equated with treason … You know, when we were going to go to the Olympics without a flag, some State Duma deputies presented strange versions of what was happening, how to do it and how not to. m to decide what to do. Each sport has its own situation — both financial and the situation in the international federation. But I'm sure that in the end, most athletes will stick to playing for Russia,» Romashina told reporters. «These are difficult times for Russian sports, I would like to wish the young athletes patience and strength to wait out the difficult moment and work. For me, there has never been a difference between Russian and international competitions, the rivals do not sleep, they see how we perform in our country. Therefore, it is always very exciting for us — performances, points that we gain. Therefore, in no case should you relax. We need to show the best results already at the Russian Championship,» Romashina said.
