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14 minutes ago, Bavarian said:

not so sure about that !

Chugunov has not given up his Russian nationality, he has dual-nationality now, holding two passports now, a Russian and a Polish one. Same as Emil Sayfutdinov and same as Artem Laguta ! And those two still ride for Russia ! 

Chugunov has so far not been chosen to represent any Polish national team. So why on earth would he not be eligible to carry on riding for his homeland Russia in the SoN ???

 

I believe he's riding on a Polish licence this year to allow him into the league as a reserve. Does his licence status determine which country he can ride for rather than how many passports he has?

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3 hours ago, Bavarian said:

not so sure about that !

Chugunov has not given up his Russian nationality, he has dual-nationality now, holding two passports now, a Russian and a Polish one. Same as Emil Sayfutdinov and same as Artem Laguta ! And those two still ride for Russia ! 

Chugunov has so far not been chosen to represent any Polish national team. So why on earth would he not be eligible to carry on riding for his homeland Russia in the SoN ???

 

 But he has already ridden for Russia, got a gold medal or is it two. 
I have a problem with sports people changing “nationality” as a matter of convenience. To dodge between one and the other is pushing too much IMO.

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9 minutes ago, OveFundinFan said:

 But he has already ridden for Russia, got a gold medal or is it two. 
I have a problem with sports people changing “nationality” as a matter of convenience. To dodge between one and the other is pushing too much IMO.

Seems similar to the young Trofimov who recently won a gold medal for Poland, having been a Ukrainian before. But it depends on the sport. Some have an automatic pause of I think 3 years when you represent one country and change to another. But basically it seems to be rife

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4 hours ago, Bavarian said:

not so sure about that !

Chugunov has not given up his Russian nationality, he has dual-nationality now, holding two passports now, a Russian and a Polish one. Same as Emil Sayfutdinov and same as Artem Laguta ! And those two still ride for Russia ! 

Chugunov has so far not been chosen to represent any Polish national team. So why on earth would he not be eligible to carry on riding for his homeland Russia in the SoN ???

 

In the 2 SGP rounds at Wroclaw he was announced as representing Poland

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4 minutes ago, iwright71 said:

In the 2 SGP rounds at Wroclaw he was announced as representing Poland

That doesn't count though. That goes on licence, as G Laguta represented Latvia a few times if you go on that

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Just now, iwright71 said:

So his SGP license is different to his SON license ? 

An individual meeting, you can represent any country as long as you hold a licence. But you can't represent a team without holding a passport.....an old subject that confuses many

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10 hours ago, allthegearbutnaeidea said:

Chugunov can’t represent Russia surely

Why?  Because he has a Polish license? So does Artem Laguta. Didn't Chuganov ride for Russia in the test match at Bydgoszcz? Haven't checked but sure he did 

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11 hours ago, racers and royals said:

Piotr Pawlicki is also banned.

Blimey, Dudek is in awful form. Drabik & Smektala average less Lambert so without seeing every fixture I'd assume they've not had stellar first years in the Ekstraliga 1-5's. Surely will get picked before Hampel who's the next Pole in the averages after Dudek.

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6 hours ago, iris123 said:

An individual meeting, you can represent any country as long as you hold a licence. But you can't represent a team without holding a passport.....an old subject that confuses many

Exactly, which is why Timo Lahti has appeared in the Swedish Championship riding on a Swedish licence, as well as riding for Finland in the SoN in the same year.

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8 hours ago, KeirStarmerFan said:

Woffinden should be fit, only a finger issue apparently. 

I'm sure he can get through a couple of rides.

Is this the finger injury he been carrying during the 8 GP’s ?  If so, why is it bothering him now, interviewed at Toruń and he was saying GB in with a good chance.

Lahti riding for the Swedish championship and for Finland in the same year - nonsense, it’s one or the other, but not both.

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48 minutes ago, OveFundinFan said:

Is this the finger injury he been carrying during the 8 GP’s ?  If so, why is it bothering him now, interviewed at Toruń and he was saying GB in with a good chance.

Lahti riding for the Swedish championship and for Finland in the same year - nonsense, it’s one or the other, but not both.

Big crash in Poland yesterday & taken to hospital with hand/arm/wrist injuries

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3 hours ago, OveFundinFan said:

Is this the finger injury he been carrying during the 8 GP’s ?  If so, why is it bothering him now, interviewed at Toruń and he was saying GB in with a good chance.

Lahti riding for the Swedish championship and for Finland in the same year - nonsense, it’s one or the other, but not both.

Eh no, it’s the massive crash he’s just had yesterday when he ran over NKI and went head first into the fence.

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