Kavaguti and Smirnov are still thinking what to do next
Posted on 2017-05-20 • No comments yet
On Thursday the Federation of Figure Skating Federation of Russia approved the list of candidates for the national team for the Olympic season. Yuko Kavaguti and Alexander Smirnov were also included.
But unfortunately the pair isn’t sure about continuation of the career. Tamara Moskvina gave a short comment:
The guys are still thinking what to do next, I can not say anything concrete yet.
Oh, this doesn’t sound optimistic((
Related topics: pairs, Tamara Moskvina, Team Russia, Yuko Kavaguti Alexander Smirnov
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