Banned from football! €100m star now targets the Olympics

Problems are thorny opportunities. Following this motto, a fallen Premier League star appears to be making a switch and is likely aiming to compete in the next Olympic Games in athletics.

As the Spanish 'Marca' wants to have learned, Mykhailo Mudryk plans to swap his football boots for sprinter's spikes. The Ukrainian moved to Chelsea in the winter of 2023 for a package of around 100 million euros, where he has been forced to watch from the sidelines since June 18 of this year.

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As a result of a positive doping test, the English Football Association suspended the striker indefinitely on that day. Therefore, Mudryk has apparently been looking for a new occupation and has found it on the tartan track.

As 'goal.com' among others reports, the 24-year-old is already training with his home country's sprint team, but there are still a few hurdles ahead of him before the Olympics. First, he must beat the qualification time of the World Athletics Federation, which currently stands at 10 seconds for the 100 meters. Only then can the Ukrainian sprint team nominate him.

However, his chances of being part of the 2028 Los Angeles games are not so bad. Mudryk was clocked at 36.67 km/h on his Premier League debut and according to 'Marca', the sprint relay team sees great potential in him. However, the decisive factor will probably be how the doping process of the Chelsea professional turns out. If he faces the threatened four-year ban, the 2028 Olympics will also be off the table.

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