Sándor Liu Shaolin and Liu Shaoang introduced themselves as Chinese citizens, and at the same time proved that they had renounced their Hungarian citizenship, reported sportal.hu .
The pair of brothers who won historic Olympic championship titles in Hungarian colors can return to competition in the short-track speed skating team of the city of Tianjin, which has a population of nearly 14 million, and between March 31 and April 2 they can fight for the national team in the Chinese national championship. The Lius were introduced at their new association last weekend, and they even posed for a picture with documents proving the change of country.
According to them, they received Chinese citizenship last Christmas, while barely a week ago, the President of the Republic, Katalin Novák, ratified their resignation from Hungarian citizenship. In their first statement, the brothers from their Hungarian mother spoke proudly of their Chinese roots. " Our father is Chinese, from Tianjin. That's why we finally decided to become Chinese citizens and represent our country in the competition, so that we feel even more Chinese, as evidenced by the diploma. We hope that we can contribute to the development of speed skating in Tianjin," said Sándor Liu Shaolin at the presentation.
Source: mandiner.hu
In our opening picture: The Liu brothers have officially processed their citizenship and residence registration in Tianjin. At the beginning of March this year, they also confirmed that they renounced their Hungarian citizenship" The two skaters with the new documents. Photo: VCG/VCG via Getty Images
