Olympic champion Vaitsekhovskaya is convinced that the leaders of the Russian national figure skating team should not worry about changing sports citizenship

Olympic diving champion and RT journalist Elena Vaitsekhovskaya believes changing sport citizenship is not an option for figure skaters who claim leadership positions in the Russian national team.

Earlier, the International Skating Union (ISU) suspended athletes from Russia and Belarus from competing under its auspices.

On June 29, reported that one of the main purposes of coach Eteri Tutberidze’s visit to the United States was a desire to help his daughter, figure skater Diana Davis, who dances on ice with Gleb Smolkin, to solve the problem with the coach. . However, earlier in the media there were reports that Davis/Smolkin on June 30 should be reviewed at the US Figure Skating Federation by the head of the ISU Ice Dance Technical Committee, the American Sean Rettstatt.

– Skaters who would have been born in America, Canada, Europe and in countries not too European do not crowd with us. Therefore, the change of nationality can be considered in a very truncated version of the choice of possible countries. And the question immediately arises: “For what?” In order to get to the big championships in a few years and come out under the flag of conditional Azerbaijan or Turkey against Russian rivals, who at that time will most likely return to international level? Well, for some, that’s an option, of course. And absolutely not an option for those who claim a leading position in the Russian team. Because in this case, you should forever forget such a beautiful thing in all respects as the Olympic team tournament, RT journalist Vaytsekhovskaya wrote in her Telegram channel.

Previously, Honored Figure Skating Coach Tatyana Tarasova called out gossip reports about the Davis/Smolkin duo’s possible transition to the US Figure Skating Association.