TALLINN, January 15, Sergey Yaremenko. Russian figure skater Gleb Smolkin, performing in dance duet with Diana Davis, said that coach Eteri Tutberidze played a «tonic» role in preparation for the European Championships in Tallinn. Davis and Smolkin received 113.29 points for free dance, they take second place before the performance of the last five duets. Davis is the daughter of Tutberidze.» Eteri Georgievna played a tonic role. We were in Moscow without the head coach (Igor Shpilband). She tried to give us gloss and accuracy in the movement and character of the dance. It is useful to get an outside opinion, especially from one of the best specialists in world. It's too early to say that Tutberidze is now a dancer's coach. We are not entirely related to her for this reason. She oversees more, gives us the opportunity to train in Moscow and tells us. She does not give advice on the mood. We are not five years old, we we understand how to set ourselves up. We understand what needs to be done. The difficulty is to do it at the right moment at the right time,» Smolkin told reporters. was our best skate of the season.Although it’s hard to evaluate right after the skate, let’s look at the video.We are satisfied that we were able to improve it after the Russian Championship. higher levels. We didn't get what we wanted here. But in the end we were able to add more, although there were about the same strength as in the Russian Championship.
