The Ukrainian Diving Federation needs diver Sofiia Lyskun to be stripped of all awards after the European champion switched her worldwide allegiance to Russia.

Lyskun, 23, who received the 10m synchro title finally yr’s European Aquatics Championships, selected to alter her citizenship earlier this week.

The federation mentioned Lyskun didn’t inform it, the teaching employees or Ukraine’s ministry of youth and sports activities of her intention, and “expresses deep indignation and strongly condemns” her actions.

In a press release,, exterior the federation mentioned: “Such steps are categorically unacceptable, as they discredit not solely a person athlete, but in addition your complete Ukrainian workforce, which selflessly fights daily for the proper to characterize our nation on the worldwide stage.”

Lyskun instructed Russian newspaper Izvestia, exterior that over latest years she realised she was now not “rising” underneath her coaches in Ukraine, who have been “all gymnasts or trampoline athletes”.

At a rare assembly of the federation’s government committee, a unanimous determination was made to expel Lyskun instantly from the Ukraine workforce and to “strip her of all titles and awards obtained underneath the auspices of the federation”.

It’ll additionally “attraction to worldwide sports activities establishments with a requirement to use sports activities quarantine to the aforementioned athlete in accordance with present worldwide requirements”.

Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, athletes from Russia and Belarus have been banned from competing in World Aquatics occasions.

These restrictions have since been eased, with Russians and Belarusians allowed to compete individually as impartial athletes, with out their nationwide flag or symbols.

From January, they may even have the ability to take part as impartial athletes in workforce occasions.