Olympics 2024
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I'm no expert, but I don't think marriage confers any citizenship rights.
But in sporting terms, you can change "sporting nationality" via three years of residence and not competing for your previous country. Richard Murray now competes for NL in triathlon, having previously competed for SA. He's married to a Dutch triathlete and has lived / trained in NL for years, so having sat out the Tokyo OGs and a few WCs, competing for NL now doesn't feel such a big deal. The pair of them formed half the NL mixed relay team in Paris, which is a nice quirky stat.
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Interesting. The regulation 11.033 is pretty clear. Ineligibility is just for one cycle if it is the first change of nationality.
Has this guy changed from GB to Aus in the past, or since he moved there aged 9 did he only ever represent Aus?
I'm going to guess the latter, and that Australian team are being choppers about this.
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Only ever respresented Aus. There is a longer Guardian article, the Aussies are definitely the ones who are pushing for this. The guy quoted, Korf, seems to suggest he feels a two year ban is deginitely enforceable but he gives no explanation as to what he feels the basis for this is.
Certainly feels like a big fat FU from the Aussies to Richardson.
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Ah, just read it. It's a single cycle of competitions, not even a 1 year or 2 year thing. The Aussies are making a noise, but that's about all. I'd put money on him missing just one Worlds.
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Good.
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