Diana Davis and Gleb Smolkin performing in ice dancing, against the backdrop of rumors about the transition to the American team, said on social networks that they were athletes of the Russian team and were waiting for the opportunity to perform in the skate tests .
Earlier, US blog The Skating Lessons reported that Davis and Smolkin will be reviewed by the US Figure Skating Federation on Thursday for a possible transition. It was also learned that on March 18, the couple got married in Nevada.
“Recently, a lot of false information about us has appeared on the net, so we would like to clarify the situation.
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.
Training with our new team, we are Russian national team athletes and can’t wait to start the new season on trial skates.
As for the rest of the news, in figure skating around the world, there is a practice of receiving feedback from various off-season experts, which relate to significant technical changes due to the newly introduced rules.
As for our personal life, we try to protect it and hope for understanding and tact from fans and journalists, the couple said in a joint statement.
Last season, Davis and Smolkin won the silver medal in the Russian championship, and at the Beijing Olympics the duo showed the 14th result.
Source : MatchTV
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