Elena Chaikovskaya, head coach of the Russian national figure skating team, announced that the Diana Davis / Gleb Smolkin couple has received permission to change their sports citizenship.
According to him, athletes will continue to play in the Georgian national team.
“We did not receive any clarification from Davis and Smolkin, but we were approached to give them the opportunity to transit through Georgia on May 22. We considered this matter, on May 25 the executive committee office decided to release them.
After participating in the Olympic Games, they did not compete for a year and a half, no money was spent on them. They did not come to Russia, so we let them go, ”says Tchaikovsky TASS.
Recall that Davis and Smolkin won the silver medals of the 2022 Russian Championship, thereby enabling them to participate in the Beijing Olympics, where the couple did not get into the triple of medals.
Earlier it was reported that Anna Shcherbakova and Alexander Trusova. kidnapped in the Russian national figure skating team in the new season.