26 July 2012
Olga Butkevych has vowed to ignore any ‘Plastic Brit’ taunts during the Olympics and will instead concentrate on repaying her adopted nation by winning gold.
Ukraine-born Butkevych is the only wrestler in Team GB and there is anger in some quarters that the 26‑year-old, who only earned British citizenship this summer, will represent her adopted nation at London.
But she said: “Too many people are talking about that. Some say I should be allowed to represent Britain, some ask what am I doing here.
“I understand the debate but I’m trying to not listen because in a lot of sports there is the same situation. I want to give back something to Britain.”
