Olympic champion in speed skating, State Duma deputy Svetlana Zhurova shared her opinion on the conflict between figure skating coaches Eteri Tutberidze and Evgeny Plushenko. His words are quoted by Sport24.
The deputy considered that the rivalry of specialists will lead to the fact that Russian figure skaters will win a large number of medals. She described their conflict with the phrase “Let them fight.” “There is huge competition in Russian figure skating today. It is good that there are such different camps, ”Zhurova emphasized.
On December 6, Plushenko’s producer and wife Yana Rudkovskaya refused to consider Tutberidze the greatest coach. She stated that the mentor will be able to achieve this status if her athletes pass several Olympic Games.
The conflict between the coaching staffs of Plushenko and Tutberidze began after Alexander Trusova and Alena Kostornaya joined the group of the two-time Olympic champion from Sambo-70. Plushenko was accused of poaching athletes, he denied this fact. This season, the skaters are back.
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