Honored coach of Russia in figure skating Inna Goncharenko told that 8th place at the European Championships is not the ceiling for a dancing couple. Diane Davis /Gleb Smolkin .
Davis and Smolkin earned their eighth result at the 2024 European Championships with a score of 189.46 points. In June 2023, the Russian Figure Skating Federation approved the duo’s transfer to the Georgian national team.
— There are certain situations that do not happen easily for an athlete. Changes distract from training and knock you out psychologically. I never put a ceiling on athletes, people who have been practicing sports for many years are fanatics, they sometimes achieve the impossible. I don’t think 8th place at the European Championship is the ceiling for the interesting young Davis/Smolkin pair. You should look not at places in different years, but specifically at growth – how they grew, what got better. The guys are young, they have enough time to prove themselves. We can wish them not to give up and work,” Goncharenko told .
Russian figure skaters have been suspended from participating in competitions held under the auspices of the International Skating Union (ISU) due to the situation in Ukraine.
Source : MatchTV

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