“Davis and Smolkin may need to revisit what it’s like to perform in public before debuting for Georgia” – Enbert

Olympic silver medalist in the team tournament Alexandre Enbert told that skaters Diana Davis And Gleb Smolkin before Georgia’s debut, you have to set the emotional tone and remember what it means to perform in front of the public.

Earlier it became known that Davis and Smolkin will be competing in the Lake Placid International Ice Dancing Tournament, which will be held in the United States from July 31 to August 2.

– Can the excitement before Georgia’s debut stop them?

– On the one hand, experienced athletes who have passed the Grand Prix series, Challengers, participated in the Olympics, the guys have a great experience. On the other hand, they haven’t played for a long time, emotional competence needs to be trained, pumped. Maybe we’ll have to remember that, how to perform in public, compete, wrestle, they spent last season training, and it’s a little bit different. Guys should have some way of making the tone emotional. I think they will pass.

– Can public attention interfere?

“It influences, to some extent, it’s clear what they will think about it. But for the guys who were at the Olympics, where there was unique attention to their performances from the whole global community, there’s always a smaller audience following the skaters. I don’t think they can handle it. I repeat, there was a lot more attention at the Olympics,” Enbert told .

In June, the Georgian Figure Skating Federation confirmed that Davis and Smolkin would represent the Georgian national team from the 2023/24 season. Davis and Smolkin are silver medalists of the Russian Championship, participants of the 2022 Olympics in Beijing. The figure skaters did not participate in national competitions last season. Davis is the daughter of Russian coach Eteri Tutberidze. Smolkin is the son of Boris Smolkin, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation.