Diana Davis and Gleb Smolkin have gone through a difficult path from an unknown dance partner to those whose names were discussed at the Olympics even more often than the leaders. Then the skaters began to be talked about many more times – the epic saga about the change of sports citizenship captivated everyone. Or the athletes went to the United States, then to Israel, but in the end they decided on Georgia.
Thousands of fans wanted to see the debut of the duo with the new national team, and this happened at the Ice Dance International tournament in Lake Placid. On the American ice, Diana and Gleb presented two new programs and at first they did not impress the judges so much: according to the results of the rhythmic dance, Davis and Smolkin placed second, but the next day they made a splash. The athletes took their first gold as members of the Georgian team, beating out the talented Una and Gage Brown.
True, not everyone was happy with the success of the former Russian figure skaters. Abroad, Tutberidze’s daughter and her partner were criticized for poor technique and the “Eteri bonus” was mentioned again.
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“Davis/Smolkin has nothing but the fact that Diana is Eteri’s daughter”
The foreigners did not hold back their emotions and spoke candidly about the past performances of Davis and Smolkin:
“Eteri can buy all the grades she wants, but her daughter has no talent,” user @KostOlimpics wrote.
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“Diana and Gleb’s brands are incomprehensible, because they don’t skate well, they don’t have special abilities, they have bad programs. At least the Eteri girls have ultra-si, and Davis/Smolkin has nothing but the fact that Diana is Eteri’s daughter,” supported @springsonata17.
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“Seriously. Eteri was blackmailing everyone into giving her skaters big scores. What the hell is she doing behind the scenes?” Kira was outraged.
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“Davis/Smolkin won in Lake Placid… This is the start of my evil arc,” Astro quipped mirthlessly.
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“So are we really going to ignore the fact that Diana and Gleb returned to the competition in the most dishonest way possible?” asked a user with the nickname kit.
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“Diana seems to be dressed as the Ilyins, and Gleb is from a Disney cartoon”
However, even non-controversial scores became the subject of heated discussions – the costumes of the skaters turned out to be much more interesting:
“Diana and Gleb’s costumes are still in question,” Shirley wrote.
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In the Russian community, this was also not ignored:
“Diana seemed to have escaped from the rhythmic dance, quickly put on her dress and moved on. In short, everything is in her style. She even left her hair loose, although they are usually collected, ”said Maximiliana.
“Why do you need these leggings-irons? I understand, in training, so as not to cool the ankle, but in competitions you can take them off for three minutes”, commented VeroNika.
“Diana’s tutu is great, but Gleb’s shirt urgently needs to be changed,” Lizok shared his opinion.
“Weird outfits. Diana seems to be dressing up as the Ilyins, and Gleb is from a Disney cartoon,” said Anna Gilina.
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“Athletes must compete no matter what”
And yet they could not help but support the athletes in Russia. Fans of a couple from our country wrote many nice words to Diana and Gleb:
“Well done guys. Diana has improved a lot in skating,” wrote Irina Luchaninova.
“I congratulate Diana and Gleb on the start of their new season, I wish them to enjoy the performances and satisfaction with the result of these performances, good luck and success to the guys!” Tatyana Makarova wished.
“Diana arrived at the result in a difficult way. Good luck to her! Good luck to the couple! A very good program, they will incorporate it, it will be beautiful, ”Li expressed hopefully.
“This is a fairy tale for them! Well done! Athletes must compete no matter what”, concluded Tatiana.
