Czech Republic denies entry to russian tennis player
Last week, Polish authorities also denied entry to russian tennis player Zvonareva
The Czech authorities have denied entry to a russian tennis player who flew to the WTA tournament in Prague.
Source. This was reported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the country, without naming the name of the athlete, DW reports.
"During the inspection of the russian citizen at the airport, the national police justified the revocation of her temporary residence permit," the statement said on Friday evening.
According to these reports, the russian athlete has already left the country.
A similar incident occurred last week in Warsaw, where the authorities refused to allow russian Vera Zvonareva to enter Poland for the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) tournament, despite having a visa issued by France.
Background. The day before, it became known that the International Olympic Committee had granted automatic qualification to Ukrainian fencer Olha Kharlan to participate in the Olympic Games.
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