Athletistic/Figure Skating. Dmitry Svishchev, chairman of the State Duma Committee for Physical Culture and Sports, spoke about the need to compensate Russia in connection with the transfer of figure skaters Diana Davis and Gleb Smolkin to another team .

From the start of the 2023/2024 season, Smolkin and his partner, his daughter Eteri Tutberidze, will represent Georgia.

“In this case, it would be fair for the state to receive compensation. This applies to all cases. If an athlete has prepared with the support of the state and decided to leave, then he should compensate these costs We discussed this issue in full last week we are developing a bill to offset the costs that have been invested in the athlete by the state It is important to note that we are talking about the state , not the sports federation. After all, it’s taxpayers’ money.

An athlete comes to a sports school, where the club spends money on a trainer and staff. We pay for training, sports facilities. Then he becomes a member of the national team, receives a salary and becomes part of the sports training system. We spend money on training camps, participation in competitions, doctors and coaches. Huge sums of money are invested to make an athlete a champion. He then decides to leave the country. In this case, it makes sense when a country offers an athlete to go and get a ready-made champion, and our state has invested many years in its preparation, then let that state offset the costs.

We can understand an athlete who decides to leave. Perhaps he has no desire to wait, he wants to leave without attachment to his homeland. Alright, make up the cost. The state should receive the funds returned for the training of this athlete and use them to continue the development of future champions,” Svishchev said in an interview with a Sport24 correspondent.

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