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In the next week, events linked to the citizenship of the German skater dance Nelli Zhiganshina will be resolved in a positive way for Germany.
Sunday 3 November 2013 2 minutes reading time
The news was disclosed during the NRW Trophy in Dortmund by Martin Skotnicky, technical history of dance and between the coaches of the four times national champions Nelli German Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi.
According to reports, the skater, Nelli Zhiganshina, a native of Moscow, he would have received in recent days from Russia via email the missing certificate for the transfer of German citizenship. In essence, it's release document of Russian citizenship.
The skater, who resides in Oberstdorf and by the time he had already successfully passed the exams of the German language, can now regularize their position in view of the upcoming Olympic Games becoming de facto town in Germany.
The couple dance Zhiganshina / Gazsi, back from a brilliant tenth place in the last World Championships played in London, he started to defend the German colors internationally in January 2007, after having participated in the end of 2006 to the National leagues.
It should be remembered that Germany will have two seats for the dance contest for the next Olympic Games, the second of which should lie, barring unforeseen circumstances, the Italian-German Tanja Kolbe / Stefano Caruso in good standing from the beginning of September with the rules of Olympic eligibility.
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