The International Skating Union (ISU) Council has denied Russian figure skater Veronika Zhilina Azerbaijani sports citizenship, Report informs referring to Russian media citing sources.
Thus, the 17-year-old figure skater won't be able to represent Azerbaijan next season.
The council meeting at which the decision was made was held on July 4-5.
Earlier, the Russian Figure Skating Federation denied Zhilina a change in sports citizenship from Russian to Azerbaijani.
At the same time, the figure skater received an Azerbaijani passport. Later, a source noted that the figure skater also paid the Russian Figure Skating Federation funds for training - about 1 million rubles ($12,799).