Recently, the topic of Russian figure skaters may change their nationality for international competitions has been discussed, and the famous coach Tarasova said that if it becomes a reality, then it is not the athletes who should be criticized, they are not traitors, they just want to compete. Another famous coach, Zhu Lin, focused on the change of nationality of the famous ice dance group Davis/Smolkin, who was exposed or naturalized in the United States and has been training in the United States.
The famous ice dance duo Diana Davis and Gleb Smolkin are the champions of the 2021 Warsaw Cup, and at this year's Olympic Games, the duo finished 14th. Smolkin was born in 1999, while Davis is younger, born in 2003, she is only 19 years old, in the ice dance program, 2 people belong to the rising period, the future is promising.
It should be noted that if 2 people are naturalized in the United States, the key point lies in Davis. Davis, 19, was born in Las Vegas, Nevada, but grew up in Moscow and actually has dual U.S.-Russian citizenship. So, the test now is that Davis did play for Russia and Austria before, but if she wants, she can play for the United States team, so that Davis' partner Smolkin is a bit embarrassed, and he also spread rumors of changing nationality, perhaps because of years of efforts not to give up, after all, the change of partners is too hurtful.
From this point of view, Davis may not actually have "changed nationality", but only "changed the team". The 19-year-old girl is actually in the U.S. all year round, so if you want to compete internationally, perhaps the most worrying thing is going to happen... Born in the United States, Davis has nothing wrong with playing for the United States, the problem is that now the figure skating industry is worried that more people will follow this approach and thus get the opportunity to compete internationally. The famous coach Zhu Lin said about the 2 people, said it was not clear what happened, but the 2 did train in the United States, and they decided for themselves.
Tarasova, the coach who has trained the most world champions and Olympic champions in history, has made it clear that if Russian figure skaters change their nationality for international competitions, they are not traitors, and it is the International Skating Federation that should be condemned!