RE: [Skate] Re: reactions to the voting

The malleable nature of nationality and citizenships is EXACTLY why the whole nationality-based
quota/qualification system is an outdated anachronism.  Does is REALLY matter if Claire Scanlon is
Irish, or Nijenhuis is Dutch, Swahili or Albertan?

-----Original Message-----
From: Speed_skating@...
[mailto:Speed_skating@...] On Behalf Of Dirk Broer
Sent: May-06-09 12:47 PM
To: Speed_skating@...
Subject: Re: [Skate] Re: reactions to the voting

Beorn Nijenhuis was Dutch champion (Juniors B) before he was a Dutch 
citizen,
which prevented some results of him that season from becoming a Dutch 
(Junior) record.

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From: "T.B.Hansen" <speedskating@...>
Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 5:09 PM
To: <Speed_skating@...>
Subject: [Skate] Re: reactions to the voting

> Harm van den Belt:
>
>> Claire is still skating and not for Ireland anymore, because she won the 
>> title in dutch master for 35-39 years this year.
>
> You ought to check the rules of both he ISU and the KNSB here. In several 
> sports in Norway, foreigners are allowed to participate in national 
> championships. One example is the Dutch cross country skier who later 
> became a Norwegian citizen and represented Norway abroad. In athletics 
> there's been several Norwegian champions without Norwegian citizenship; 
> some have represented Norway internationally; some have represented their 
> original country. There's even Olympic Champion Khalid Skah, who became a 
> Norwegian citizen, but represented Marocco throughout his career.
>
> -----
> TBH

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