The daughter of Alexander Volkov, Alexa, has never been in the Russian team, so the federation “quietly let her go” to the Canadian team. The coach said that the transition of the athlete is not related to politics
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Russian figure skating coach Alexander Volkov declared “Match TV”, which, together with his wife, Canadian Martin Evenne, decided to change his daughter’s sports citizenship due to high competition in Russia and the desire to extend her career.
Volkov’s eldest daughter, 14-year-old Alexa, has been playing for Canada since this season.
“We decided this even before the isolation of Russian athletes from international competitions, it has nothing to do with politics. <...> It’s all about the insane competition among Russian girls. Their sports life is so short… She won the Olympics at the age of 15 and finished at 16–17. And we would like our daughter to ride longer. Therefore, we chose a country in which it is psychologically much calmer to train, ”Volkov said.
The coach said that Alexa has Canadian citizenship and she has never been a member of the Russian team, so “FFKKR calmly let her go.”
“Now my daughter is in Canada. She has already won the Quebec Junior Championship, which is the competition by which results are selected for the national championship. Alexa won among 23 girls, and now she is waiting for the national championship of Canada in January, ”Volkov said.
Alexander Volkov is the son of the first Soviet world champion (1975) in men’s single skating, Sergei Volkov. He has his own school in Moscow, his wife works as a choreographer there.
Volkov previously worked with Trusova and Stanislava Konstantinova.