The judge explained why skaters Davis and Smolkin were selected in the United States

USSR national team coach and former judge Alexander Vedenin, in an interview with , shared details of the Russian dance duo’s trip Diana Davis / Gleb Smolkin in the USA.

Earlier, US blog The Skating Lessons reported that Davis and Smolkin will be reviewed by the US Figure Skating Federation for a possible transition. Later, the dancers denied the rumor about the change of sports citizenship. Last season, Davis and Smolkin won the Russian championship silver medal, at the Beijing Olympics, the duo showed the 14th result.

– The statement about “viewing in the American federation” seemed very questionable from the start. The character Dave Liz, invented by our bloggers from a well-known forum, is more famous in Russia than in the United States. He often delivers information that is not entirely reliable.

Diana and Gleb’s review was not up to the USA Federation, but to the new ISU Technical Committee Chair for Dance, Sean Rettstatt, to assess their program for compliance with the new rules that had just been written by that particular person. It’s a beautiful, very professional decision – most likely orchestrated by Eteri while she was in the United States.

Of course, in Russia there are also dance experts who attend training sessions with our couples and will evaluate their programs during test skates. But this man has just been elected new president of the technical committee, he has just finished drafting the new rules. Of course, meeting him in the USA is a great success for skateboarders!

Diana and Gleb generally became the main dance journalists. Their marital status and their national sports affiliation today only excite the press in the same way as events in Ukraine. Personally, I’m really sorry that they broke up with Igor Shpilband. He did a very good job, their future with this coach was promising. I would like to hope that the guys will be successful with the new coaches,” Vedenin told .