OI vice-champion Prakaten, who changed her citizenship, took gold at the Asian Games
Anna Prakaten, who exchanged her Russian sports citizenship for Uzbek citizenship, took gold in rowing at the Asian Games held in Hangzhou, China. This was reported by a Lenta.ru correspondent.
The Olympic vice-champion won in the women’s singles. She covered the distance in 7 minutes and 39.05 seconds. Chinese Liu Ruiqi, who became second, lost almost 11 seconds to her. Japan’s Shiho Yonekawa took third place.
Prakaten’s transfer to the Uzbekistan national team became known in April. President of the Russian Rowing Federation (RFR) Alexey Svirin said that due to the suspension, the athlete was thinking about retiring from her career, but decided to continue competing by changing her flag.
In addition to the Olympic silver, Pracaten also has European Championship gold. Until 2016, she played for the Belarusian team
Source: Lenta
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