Umntakwabo we-skiteman waziwayo, ophantsi kwakhe iminyaka eli-17, evuma ukuba angakhumbuli ukuba ebuntwaneni i-Ilya ebuntwaneni wayelinye ecaleni kwakhe. Emva koko imbaleki eqeqeshelwe eMelika, kwaye ukungabikho kokunxibelelana noDaniel kubuyiswa ngezipho ezininzi, ezithunyelwa elwandle.
NgokukaDaniel, kwintsapho yonke into ejikeleza ngoqeqesho lwe-Iyo, kodwa akazange amomeleze umzalwana olizibulo. Inkwenkwe yayingakhange iphonononge, kodwa wayezibandakanya kwimidlalo emininzi, kubandakanya nokubiyela, apho baphumelela khona. I-AverbunkH Jr. yaba yiNkosi yezemidlalo kunye noChampion waseYurophu kwiqela le-Russia eliphakathi kwiCadeet.
Kwiminyaka embalwa edlulileyo, wavula i-xecing isikolo kwiSochi ngesiseko senye yeehotele ezibiza kakhulu eKrasnaya Polyana. UDaniel ufundisa abantwana abancinci, ebachulumancisayo khuphiswano kwaye ufuna ukwenze okhulisa lo mdlalo. Kwaye ilya iyamxhasa kwaye ikholelwa kwimpumelelo kweli lala.
Ngendlela, abazalwana bahlala benxibelelana, kodwa oku ikakhulu kwifowuni. Kwaye nakumtshato we-Ilya noLisa Arzamasova Daniel wayengenakufika, kuba wayesebenza eSochi.
Kodwa yonke indawo yokuhlala yasisondeza. Kunyaka ophelileyo, ndakhwela eMoscow ukutshintsha amalungelo. Kwaye apha babhengeziwe. Bendihlala endlwini yakhe iinyanga ezintathu. Konke kufana ne-skom. UDaniel wathi kwinkosikazi enkulu, "uDaniel" kwijelo leNTV.
Uye waphawula ukuba umfazi womntakwabo omncinci wayenelangazelelo ngokugqibeleleyo nonyana wakhe uMartin, kwaye bakhumbula indlela yonke ababehamba ngayo yonke itafile, kwaye uLisa wabaphatha ngezitya ezimnandi eziphekiweyo.