Silver medalists of the Russian Ice Dancing Championship Diane Davis And Gleb Smolkin explained why they decided to change their sports citizenship.
Davis and Smolkin in the new season of the International Skating Union (ISU) Grand Prix are announced for the stages of the American Allen (October 18-20) and China Chongqing (November 22-24). For them, this Grand Prix season will be their debut under the Georgian flag.
— Probably, by the end of autumn it became clear that the global situation was not improving and we would not see any clearances for a long time. We started thinking about what we were going to do next, while continuing to live in America and train at our own expense. Or rather, at the expense of our parents, they paid for our training, ”Smolkin quotes Sports.ru.
“That’s when we formulated our desire to continue our sporting career and do it on the international stage,” Davis added.
Davis and Smolkin previously represented Russia; in the 2021/22 season they became silver medalists at the national championship. In the summer of 2023, the dancers joined the Georgian national team.
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