She has changed her name - as per Instagram. Nice SSD + RUS combo. Will be interesting to see the commentators adjust as her season progresses.
Mu-Nikolayev? Some announcers still haven't figured out how to pronounce Mu correctly. We will probably see her last name(s) pronounced in all sorts of different ways this year.
The next announcement will be that she's leaving Formula Kersee to be coached by her has been/never was Russian husband.
This will happen 100%!
This is probably satire but I noticed some people in an earlier thread thought her husband was the 40 year old ex-athlete Yegor Nikolayev - it's actually a ~26 year old American-raised USC grad working in Private Equity that just happens to have the same name.
The next announcement will be that she's leaving Formula Kersee to be coached by her has been/never was Russian husband.
This will happen 100%!
This is probably satire but I noticed some people in an earlier thread thought her husband was the 40 year old ex-athlete Yegor Nikolayev - it's actually a ~26 year old American-raised USC grad working in Private Equity that just happens to have the same name.
Yegor Vladimirovich Nikolayev (Russian: Егор Владимирович Николаев; born February 12, 1988) is a Russian runner who specializes in various middle-distance and long-distance events. He represented Russia at the 2012 Summer Oly...