Krasnozhon ready to bounce back after injury

[Andrea82]

Help me out because I am confused.

From what I have read, Alex's parents live in Russia so I assume they are Russian. Alex was born in Russia. At some point, Alex decided he wanted to come to the US to train. If all that is correct, how does he skate for the US? Or am I missing something?

I never thought about it until a few months ago when I read about Krasnozhon wanting to apply for US citizenship and I wondered "wait, why he is skating for US if he isn't American yet?"
So I went to check the ISU regulations and you can skate in single for another country if you reside there for at least 1 year

a) A Skater may compete only as a member of the ISU Member of a country of which he is a citizen or in which he has resided for at least one year.

b) In Pair Skating and Ice Dance only one partner needs to fulfil the requirements stated in paragraph 2.a). The other partner, however, must be a citizen or resident of the country of an ISU Member.


For Olympic Games, citizenship is obviously required.

 

[snowflake]

Will he use the right version of dancing on my own though? :think:

I want Robyn

 

[VIETgrlTerifa]

When he said "Dancing on my Own" is it the Robyn song that he's talking about?

 

[princessalica]

I think I've heard that he plans to have citizenship by the next Olympics.

 

[el henry]

I think I've heard that he plans to have citizenship by the next Olympics.

In an interview with Ted Barton, Alex said the plan was to have US citizenship by 2022 Olympics. It may be in writing somewhere as well, but I definitely remember him telling Ted “That’s the plan”.

 

[snowflake]

An interesting skater for sure.

Prior to coming to the U.S., Krasnozhon was a student of renowned coach Alexei Mishin. At 13, he decided he wanted to move to the USA without his parents. First, he went only on a family vacation, but his parents wanted him to skate for two weeks before they came over themselves. The skater stayed with friends of his parents and was able to skate there and loved it so much that he wanted to remain. After staying with the friends of his parents for a few months, Krasnozhon then lived with his coaches Peter and Darlene Cain for nearly five years.

The athlete’s parents still reside in St. Petersburg, Russia. “The first year was probably tough,” Krasnozhon recalled. However, he did not regret his move. “I didn’t see my potential in Russia. I always got nervous for competitions and I didn’t know what I was doing. I was like, ‘I am good, but I don’t know what I am doing. It’s almost like I’m like a monkey being manipulated by somebody,'” he explained. “In the U.S., I finally start thinking for myself. I am like, ‘What am I not doing in practice? What do I need to do? What do I need to work on?’ In Russia, they were just telling me, ‘Do this and this and this!’ Sometimes you don’t want to do it because…why would you? In the U.S., I realized why I’m doing something.”

Amazing how a thirteen years old can decide like this. I’m somewhat confused about his motives. His parents must really believe in him and his plan though(and being wealthy). So far so good. Good luck Alex!

 

[gsk8]

When he said "Dancing on my Own" is it the Robyn song that he's talking about?

Calum Scott

 

[gsk8]

In an interview with Ted Barton, Alex said the plan was to have US citizenship by 2022 Olympics. It may be in writing somewhere as well, but I definitely remember him telling Ted “That’s the plan”.

He says he’s close.

 

[Tatjana]

Alexei did compete internationally for Russia in some smaller events, but he was eligible to represent the USA after observing a waiting period and after the Russian Federation released him. He should be able to become an U.S. citizen by 2022.