Olympic champion in ice dancing Natalya Bestemyanova agrees with coach Tatyana Tarasova, who says Russian figure skaters Diana Davis and Gleb Smolkin competing for Georgia do not yet have their own. His words lead the way “Sports Express”.
“Tatiana Tarasova spoke the truth. The press is making noise not because Davis is a good skater, but because she is the daughter of Eteri Tutberidze,” Bestemyanova said.
In January 2024, Davis and Smolkin will participate in the European Figure Skating Championships in Kaunas (Lithuania).
After the Beijing Olympics, Davis and Smolkin lived and trained in the United States. The couple changed their citizenship in the summer of 2023. Now athletes represent the Georgian national team. They won the Ice Dance International tournament held in Lake Placid, USA, at the beginning of August.
Davis is the daughter of famous Russian coach Eteri Tutberidze. Last summer, American journalist Lees wrote that Davis and Smolkin were tested by the US Figure Skating Federation, but the duo had not begun performing under the American flag.
Georgia previously stated: they are waiting European Championship medals from Tutberidze’s daughter.