The visa to the United States was denied, and the talented Russian racer was not afraid, "I am proud to be a Russian driver."
Russia news on the 21st, 18-year-old Russian female driver Ira Sidorkova (Ira Sidorkova) this year to the United States to participate in the game plan to fail.
Her visa application was stuck at the interview stage on the grounds that the U.S. authorities "did not believe she was only staying in the U.S. temporarily."
Sindokova is a rising racing star in Russia in recent years, having won the Russian Tour Junior National Championship and having a large following on social media.
She currently competes in the W Series (international events for female drivers only) and the F3 Asian Championship.
Although F1 officials, W Series officials and Republican Rep. Michael McCaul are all looking for ways to help Sindocova compete, it has not changed the decision of the US Embassy.
On the 21st, she posted on social media, explaining that the reason for the visa rejection was that "the US side does not believe that it is a short stay", and her 2021 season was forced to suspend.
"Although as a professional athlete, I enjoy a national interest waiver, my U.S. visa was denied." Sindokova wrote on social media, "This is the first time in my career that I have been deprived of the right to compete, and the opportunity to fight for better results and win prize money." Originally, I was going to invest my bonus in training. ”
But even so, Sindokova did not instigate at all. She went on to write that she was proud to be a Russian driver and would continue to participate in racing at all costs.
In fact, for Russian athletes, it is not twice that they cannot go to the United States due to visa problems.
In 2019, tennis world champion Svetlana Kuznetsova missed the Washington leg of the WTA International because of visa problems.
At that time, the Russian Embassy in Washington issued a harsh criticism, "It is infuriating that our athletes have repeatedly missed important international events held in the United States because of visa issues." It is hoped that the U.S. government will end its discriminatory visa issuance policy. ”
In September, Mariya Lasitskene, Russia's "Queen of Grace," formerly known as Kurkina, was also struggling with u.S. visas.
She said she was very concerned about whether she would be eligible to travel to the United States for the 2022 World Athletics Championships because there were "huge problems" in obtaining a U.S. visa.
"For the past few years, we've been dealing with these issues (visas) ourselves. Unfortunately, it is now impossible to obtain a visa to the United States on our own, and it is not our fault that things have turned out this way. ”
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