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The Czech Olympic Committee has officially announced yesterday that the IOC has approved the transfer of Jan Hudec of Canada to the Czech Republic.
Thursday 8 December 2016 2 minutes reading time
Bronze medal at the Sochi Olympics in Super G and World Silver Descent in 2007, Hudec, excluded from the Canadian team for lack of results because of knee surgery, has joined since dall''estate the Czech team to represent the colors of the native country with his family had abandoned all''età a year.
The skier Å umperk debuted under the Czech flag in Val d' 'Isere getting the 62nd position in SuperG one year after the' last appearance for Canada, Lake Louise. Rule 41 of the Olympic Charter requires spending at least three years dall''ultima competition before an athlete can be un''altra nation but the IOC may reduce or cancel this period of suspension provided that the two national Olympic committees and the Federation international provide their agreement as happened Hudec who can, therefore, participate in the Pyeongchang Olympics.
In the same session, a similar decision was taken for the cross-country skier Katerina Smutna who will return to compete for the Czech Republic where he had started his career before moving in 2006 all''Austria for which he has participated in the Olympics of 2010 and 2014 .
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