Another interesting example is figure skating where almost the entire USA team has Russian last names as parents of the current champions moved to USA and their children were born here and often trained by the same parents, take the USA men skaters for example: Malinin and others...
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You're right, the examples are endless. Most of the countries where freedom is just a word in the dictionary, are losing athletes. Another reason that I didn't mention.
236 Ukrainian athletes violated the conditions of their temporary exit permits (issued for international competitions) and did not return to Ukraine as required...