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- Nov 1, 2022
Being coached by your parents is not nepotism. It just means access to unlimited ice and free coaching.This! Figure skating is for many reasons a sport where nepotism thrives - for better or for worse. Diana is not the first "nepo baby" and she won't be the last. Even Davis/Smolkin's current coaching team have their own nepo baby team - Tkachenko/Kiliakov.
D/S are not being coached by the Diana's mother. Instead, they (1) benefited from politicking and inflated scores to get on the Oly team in their first senior year; and (2) were released by Rusfed no questions asked, while other teams were refused.
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