Ukraineβs diving federation has revoked all national titles and honors from Sofiia Lyskun after the 23-year-old Olympian abruptly switched her sporting allegiance to Russia, a decision that has jolted Ukrainian sport in the middle of an ongoing war between the two nations.
Lyskun, a two-time Olympian and one of Ukraineβs most decorated divers of the past decade, confirmed the move earlier this week in an interview with Russiaβs Izvestia newspaper.
She said she no longer felt she w
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