State Duma Deputy Svetlana Zhurova commented on the information that the dance duet of Diana Davis and Gleb Smolkin will perform for the Georgian national team. Transmits words Metaratings.ru.
“They’ve already moved somewhere many times, they were in America, they were in Canada, now Georgia. I don’t know what else to expect about them but this is kind of a disaster with their passing. I won’t believe it until I actually cross the road. For the fourth or fifth time and again a new country,” said Zhurova.
Earlier there was information that the Russian Figure Skating Federation (FFKKR) gave permission to the dance couple Diana Davis – Gleb Smolkin to change their sports citizenship.
According to The Skating Lesson, the couple will represent the Georgia national team at international competitions. This has been confirmed by the Telegram channel Lapidarnost. At the same time, the information was refuted by Smolkin’s father, actor Boris Smolkin.
Recall that at the 2022 Russian Championships, Davis and Smolkin won the silver medal and qualified for the Beijing Olympics, where they took 14th. They won the Warsaw Cup Challenger and the Russian Cup final. The couple also took silver twice at the Grand Prix stages in the USA and Russia.
Former famous Russian coach Tatyana Tarasova refused Look for the loss of the possible departure of the pair Davis and Smolkin to the Georgia national team.