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# Face of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/face-of-the-day-1356/
- Published: 2025-12-07T17:30:58.000Z
- Updated: 2025-12-07T17:30:57.000Z
- Description: Sofiia Lyskun represented Ukraine at the Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024 Olympics.
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: Face of the Day, Sport, Politics

> Ukraine has condemned two-time Olympic diver Sofiia Lyskun’s switch to represent Russia amid [the ongoing war](https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine?ref=goodoil.news) and will try to strip her of awards.  
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> The 23-year-old Lyskun told the Russian newspaper *Izvestia* this week that “coaches’ incompetence” was a factor in her decision.  
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> “Most of our coaches are gymnasts or trampoline athletes. How can someone from a completely different field teach you anything? In recent years, I’ve realised in sports in Ukraine that I’m not growing,” Lyskun said in a video interview. \[...\]  
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> “I finally realised it was a one-way street. No one supported me, but on the contrary, it was aggravating my psychological state and making the whole situation worse,” she said.  
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> “I had moments when I didn’t go to training for about a week, and I just sat at home crying. Nothing good came of it.” \[...\]  
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> The \[Ukrainian Diving Federation\] said it will seek to strip Lyskun of all awards she won and will appeal to international sports institutions to apply competition restrictions on her.  
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> Lyskun, a native of Luhansk, also cited criticism she received for her having maintained contact with Russian-speaking coaches. She said her first coach from her youth is now working in Moscow.  
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> “When she left, I spoke to her periodically and kept in touch. And when there were competitions, I saw her constantly, constantly talked to her. And now, at the last competition, I’m being criticised in front of everyone,” she said.  
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> Stuff

[Read more here](https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/360910826/ukraine-condemns-olympic-diver-lyskuns-switch-russia?ref=goodoil.news)