Figure Skaters Davis and Smolkin Subjected to RUSADA’s Doping Test in March

Moscow, April 13 – The Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) tested figure skaters Diana Davis and Gleb Smolkin in March, according to the organization’s website.

For the couple, this is the agency’s first doping test in 2023. In 2022, RUSADA tested the skaters three times.

In the 2022/23 season, Davis and Smolkin, in Dancing on Ice, missed all domestic tournaments due to problems with the documents of their partners. In the summer, the American blogger Dave Lees reported that the duet plans to move to the US national team, but the skaters themselves denied this information.

Davis is the daughter of Honored Coach of Russia Eteri Tutberidze, and her partner is the son of actor Boris Smolkin. They are the silver medalists of the Russian Championship. At the 2022 Olympics in Beijing, the duo placed 14th.