RUSSIAN figure skater Alexander Sergeyevich Korovin took his oath as a Filipino citizen before Senate Majority Leader Francis Tolentino on Monday, boosting hopes that the Philippines can get its first Winter Olympics medal. “He arrived at 6 a.m.
RUSSIAN figure skater Alexander Sergeyevich Korovin took his oath as a Filipino citizen before Senate Majority Leader Francis Tolentino on Monday, boosting hopes that the Philippines can get its first Winter Olympics medal.
Asked what message he had for Filipino athletes and how he thought he could help Philippine sports, the figure skater said he hoped to impart the message of “discipline above all” as the key to making good. The naturalization process, approved in Republic act 12115 signed by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. last December 20, 2024, picked up speed in early December—six months after Tolentino first sponsored it and after Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada backed the approval of the bill.
Korovin won a prestigious Grand Prix medal and a silver from the 2018 Skate America and his talents on the ice made him successful in the International Skating Union Challenger Series, where he has amassed a substantial collection of medals.
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