Athletistic/ Figure Skating. Recently, Russian figure skaters Diana Davis and Gleb Smolkin, performing in ice dancing, have become one of the main journalists. Recently they were in the United States. In this regard, there were many different rumors. It was about the change of sport citizenship of the skaters. However, Davis and Smolkin dispelled the rumors. They released an official statement.

– A few weeks ago we decided to leave the group of Igor Shpilband and start working with a new team of Elena Novak and Alexey Kilyakov. Under Igor’s leadership, we have made a huge leap forward in terms of skills, in our individual and partner skills. We are extremely grateful to Igor, Pasquale, Natalia and Adrian for the work done.

While training with our new team, we are Russian national team athletes and can’t wait to start the new season with trial skates,” the skaters wrote on their Telegram channel.

Recall that last season, Diana Davis and Gleb Smolkin took seventh place at the European Championships and 14th place at the Olympics.

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