This has never happened before, and here it is again! Russian tennis player Daria Kasatkina announced the change of sports citizenship. From now on, the twelfth racket of the world will represent Australia.
"I am pleased to inform you all that my application for a permanent residence permit has been accepted by the Australian government. Australia is a place I love, incredibly welcoming and where I feel at home. I love being in Melbourne and I'm looking forward to settling in there.
In this regard, I am proud to announce that from now on I will represent my new homeland, Australia, in my professional tennis career.
Obviously, this decision was not easy for me. I want to express my gratitude and appreciation to my family, coaches and everyone who has supported me throughout my tennis career. I will always respect and appreciate my roots, but I am very happy to start a new chapter in my career and life under the Australian flag. Thank you all for your understanding and constant support," Kasatkina wrote on social networks.
Well, she left and left. As if not the first and not the last. There are dozens of chess players out there, and nothing. Moreover, they blow into our ears that the athlete's century is short, they are not miners, but they have been working hard since infancy, they cannot perform without the flag and anthem of their country.
I am voicing to you the "excuses" of those who know how to find positivity even in fat sauce spilled on their pants. Like, it's easier for the stomach, and you can buy new pants.
But in the case of Kasatkina, the real rubilovo began in the media and social networks, although the native of Togliatti left our country back in 2015, moving to Slovakia, and since 2019 she has lived in Spain. Moreover, four years ago she became the winner of the Billie Jean King Cup as part of the Russian national team.
And before I traditionally insert my ten kopecks, let's listen to enlightened and knowledgeable people.
Former Minister of Sports of Russia, 2000 Olympic champion in fencing Pavel Kolobkov:
"I read the news about Dasha Kasatkina and Australia. There is nothing sensational or surprising here. This is not the first and not the last tennis player who decided to play for another country and moved to this place of residence. It's not worth much discussion. The saying that she now has a new homeland cut the rumor. But the homeland is always the same — where you were born, where you grew up. This is the motherland. Everything else is a place of residence."
Our biathlon all, four-time Olympic champion Alexander Ivanovich Tikhonov:
"Kasatkina's change of citizenship? How can I scold her when we have a bunch of officials running away? Anatoly Chubais, we now have Nathan Borukhovich Peisblum. These are all concrete and good examples. Against this background, Kasatkina's act is a trifle. We scold Pugacheva or the others, but we really need to talk about everything…
On the one hand, I condemn Kasatkina, and on the other, a lot of our guys have left. Therefore, I don't see anything terrible in this. People don't talk about Kasatkina, they talk about Chubais. We only see her, but it all goes on. The athlete left, but she earned this money there, and these left, robbing the country and the people of trillions. They started calling Kasatkina a traitor, and we have thousands of traitors — how many oligarchs were dumped, for example."
Ex-world boxing champion, indestructible State Duma deputy Nikolai Valuev:
"Is Kasatkina proud that she will now play for her new homeland? Well, let him be proud. It is important that you do not pour mud on your real Homeland for the sake of Western buns."
State Duma deputy, two-time Olympic hockey champion Vyacheslav Fetisov:
"Kasatkina is no longer a Russian athlete. I think similar decisions can be expected from other athletes in the future. So, Kasatkina was brought up by her parents in such a way that for her to play tennis is to find a new homeland. The claims are not to her, but to her parents. It's all sad."
The voice of Russian biathlon and Advisor to the Minister of Sports of the Russian Federation Dmitry Guberniev in the media:
"...I won't judge her. This is Kasatkina's choice, her right — where she wants, she lives there. Let's say thank you to her, she spoke for Russia. Now I can only wish you good luck in playing for Australia! Let her be proud of her choice, it's her right. I don't call people traitors, I think it's low. Each person chooses his own path."
And in his fire-breathing, poisonously exposed telegram channel "Real Goober":
"Oh, I wrote about the tennis player Kasatkina and again all sorts of stupid people started teaching me to love my Homeland!!! Just like last year during the Games in Paris!!! And laughter and sin!!! Ugh on you!!! Go to the ass, gentlemen... I have a big country and kind people behind me, and a huge horseradish on the cheek for the kvass patriot storytellers…
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Biathlon live Match continues!!! Everyone is watching!!! Kvass dolls — hello to you!!! Teach me to love my homeland again... and To love the motherland is not to kiss birch trees, but to help and support the most honest and most loyal people when it is difficult for them.… Said the hero of Kuravlev in a wonderful film… We stand on that!!!"
Dmitry Viktorovich, of course, is an outstanding commentator and TV presenter, but the years spent at the guard's combat post sometimes make themselves felt. However, let's get back to the Australian tennis player Daria Kasatkina.
Koya criticizes the Russian authorities and calmly admits to non-traditional sexual orientation (called cuming-out):
"The situation is not safe for me right now. Because I am a homosexual who opposes [...], I cannot go back. But I don't regret it one percent. When [the fighting started], it was very difficult for me, and I just decided: "Well, ### with him." I couldn't hide it anymore.
I wanted to express my position [on the conflict], to reveal my orientation. Of course, it was hard. I am from a country where homosexuality is not accepted. But I had the feeling that I had thrown off my backpack with stones. There were certain consequences after that, but I was only worried about what would happen to my parents. And they're all right. They're proud of me..."
According to Sport24, in Australia Daria will immediately become the first racket of the country, as after Ashley Barty's retirement from the sport, there is a serious stagnation in women's tennis.
Daria's colleagues and friends, as well as Australian tennis fans, are delighted with the tennis player's decision and wish her success. But many Russians are very sarcastic about the choice of the athlete:
"Born and raised in A Russian tennis player who played at the Olympics and the Billie Jean King Cup as a Russian, who lives in Barcelona and Dubai, but is now an Australian. It's so awful."
And another stroke. Ukrainian tennis player Svitolina asked Kasatkina on a social network: what is the most famous animal in Australia?
Daria innocently admitted: I have no idea.
And immediately a slap flew in response: you're still Russian, I won't shake your hand.
Well, and the promised "otsebyatina". I counted about forty comments where outraged compatriots fire at the traitorous lesbian and almost shout: let her go, we have Mirra Andreeva!
That's right, my dears! We have Mirra, a seventeen-year-old world tennis star, the pride and glory of Russia. Koyu, along with Diana Schneider, were dubbed traitors last year and said that they won sensational silver in the Paris capital "not for the country, but strictly for themselves."
Who baptized? The very peppers that are now scolding Kasatkina and are proud of Myrrh. Hence the quiet question: will Andreeva and Schneider still be awarded with state awards, LIKE ALL OTHER neutral prize-winners of the Olympics and Paralympics, or is someone afraid to admit to the President of Russia in the usual human meanness and ostrich position? And then it turns out that Huber is right, remembering the "kvass dolls" changing shoes in the air at a signal from above.
And what about Kasatkina, then we are more to blame for her, because we did not tell Dasha how to love the Motherland and who kangaroos are…