Korea is now giving away citizenships to foreign athletes like candies so Gamelin should be fine
South Korea transferred some Russian ladies in biathlon to their team with Pyeong Chang in mind past season ... I think that Gamelin should be fine.
Korea is now giving away citizenships to foreign athletes like candies so Gamelin should be fine
Yes i kinda thought the trouble days are over and all is good.
they'll have to contend against another team whose eligibility is in question, Abachkina/Thauron. She was born in Russia but moved to France as a child. Generally you can't apply for citizenship until you're 18, and her birthday is in January which might be too late.
What's the deadline to obtain citizenship in order to qualify to compete at the Olympics?
IMO, a paper will not make you forget and will not prevent you from continuing to love your country.
I think at least some athletes are allowed to keep bothI don't think "well, it's convenient for me at this moment in my life" is a good selling point. I mean for the country you'd like to join.
Not to mention offhandedly referring to citizenship in said country as a "paper."
Also, not to mention that when you become a citizen, the country you'd like to continue loving is no longer "your" country. You have a new one.
I'm not arguing against NEVER changing citizenship. But I am arguing against it for the sake of convenience or athletic expediency.
I think at least some athletes are allowed to keep both
so many people work abroad for a few years, especially to better their career upon perhaps returning to their home country... why not skaters? I am Canadian, I see many Canadian skaters skating for other countries... I wish they would skate for Canada but there is no room here for all of them, so if they get other "work" opportunities, in pairs and dance especially, why not?
"Working abroad for a few years" is not the same as "renouncing your allegiance and fidelity" to your homeland (US Naturalization oath).
Canadians (and all others) who obtain American citizenship must swear this oath.
For me, that would be a VERY big deal. In fact, it would be a deal-breaker.
But, as I said in my first post on this thread, I am extremely proud to be an American and I value my citizenship a great deal.
"Working abroad for a few years" is not the same as "renouncing your allegiance and fidelity" to your homeland (US Naturalization oath).
Canadians (and all others) who obtain American citizenship must swear this oath.
For me, that would be a VERY big deal. In fact, it would be a deal-breaker.
But, as I said in my first post on this thread, I am extremely proud to be an American and I value my citizenship a great deal.
And you also have to consider that countries who earned spots via Worlds must confirm if they accept those spots by September 15th (so unused spots can be reallocated at Nebelhorn 2 weeks later), and countries that earn spots at Nebelhorn have to accept those by October 30th.
well... maybe it's a generation or cultural thing... we don't have military service in canada for instance.... many of us also don't really think the queen is all that cool,unless she is on small pieces of paper that allow us to buy stuff.
Looking at the law now, unless Mervin has held a green card five years in advance of whenever the IOC requires athletes to be citizens of their country, and has been continually residing in the United States in those five years, and at least lives in the address in which he is using on his naturalization application for some time (I think 3 months), he won't have U.S. citizenship for 2022 either. I understand he wants to train in Montreal and Marissa was ok with that because she felt she didn't need to go to another Olympics at the time, but if they are actively seeking citizenship now because they changed their mind on that, I fear it's already too late for 2022.