Ministry of Sports: Davis and Smolkin, who changed their citizenship, received a salary, as they passed the selection
The dancing couple Diana Davis and Gleb Smolkin, who changed their citizenship, received funding from the federal budget in the 2022/2023 season. This was confirmed by the press service of the Ministry of Sports in a conversation with RBC.
The Ministry of Sports explained that the athletes fulfilled the criteria for getting into the main list of candidates for the Russian national team, so a labor agreement was concluded between the parties. The amount of the salary that the skaters received was not named in the organization.
On May 5, the head coach of the national team, Elena Chaikovskaya, announced that the executive committee of the Russian Figure Skating Federation approved the change of sports citizenship of Davis, the daughter of figure skating coach Eteri Tutberidze, and Smolkin, the son of actor Boris Smolkin. Later, the transfer of the couple was confirmed in Georgia.
Davis and Smolkin made their debut in the adult Russian national team in the 2021/2022 season. They became eighth at the European Championships and took 14th place at the Beijing Olympics. The 2022/2023 season was missed by athletes living in the USA.
Source: Lenta
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