Cryptoporticus t1_jeewove wrote on March 31, 2023 at 2:48 PM

Reply to comment by NuPNua in Wimbledon allows Russian and Belarusian players back into tournament by misana123

A lot of the athletes caught up in these bans don't even live in Russia.

NuPNua t1_jeexs3a wrote on March 31, 2023 at 2:56 PM

Then why not apply for citizenship of where they do live and sidestep the whole issue?

Cryptoporticus t1_jef7qzz wrote on March 31, 2023 at 4:00 PM

They probably assumed that a situation like this would never happen, considering that it has never happened in the past. I don't remember any American athletes having to go through this.