The first words of Tutberidze Valieva after the performance became known

Figure skating coach Eteri Tutberidze, on the air of the Russia 1 TV channel, reacted to the unsuccessful performance of Kamila Valieva’s free program at the 2022 Olympic Games in Beijing.

The first words of Tutberidze became known. The specialist asked the ward why she stopped wrestling during the performance. “Well, why did you let go of everything? Well, explain, you let go somewhere after the axel, ”said the coach to the 15-year-old athlete.

Valieva failed the free program at the 2022 Games and was left without an Olympic medal

The figure skater performed under the last starting number. She failed to complete the program: she made a triple axel with an error, fell from a cascade of a quadruple toe loop – a triple toe loop and fell from a triple rittberger. As a result, Valieva scored 141.93 points and took fourth place, ahead of Japanese Kaori Sakamoto. At the same time, according to the results of the short program, Valieva was in the lead, ahead of her closest rival by two points.

After the rental, the athlete left the mixed zone without a word. She burst into tears on the shoulder of the coach, who tried to convince Valieva that this was the worst day of her life, which is worth experiencing.

Valieva let two Russian figure skaters go ahead

Olympic gold was won by Anna Shcherbakova, scoring a total of 255.95 points and skating both programs without errors. In second place is Alexandra Trusova, who scored 251.73 points. She set a historic milestone by successfully landing five quadruple jumps in the free skate.

Trusova was dissatisfied with the second place. In the mixed zone, she stated that she hates figure skating. For 20 minutes, the skater refused to go to the awards ceremony, and while on the podium, she did not congratulate the winner Shcherbakova.

Trusova later stated that the reason for her behavior was the long stay away from her mother and her beloved pets. She stressed that she was satisfied with her performance and the silver medal she won.

The reason for the unsuccessful performance of Valieva was called a doping scandal

Honored coach of the USSR in figure skating Tatyana Tarasova said that the international organizations that took up arms against the athlete influenced the morale of Valieva. She considered that Valieva was “killed” at these competitions. Channel One commentator Pavel Zanozin, who observed the state of the athlete, also noted her broken state after the attacks of Western journalists.

In addition, the honored coach of Russia Alexander Zhulin said that the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) should be responsible for destroying the main star of world figure skating. In his opinion, they deliberately wanted to prevent Valieva from winning.

Valieva became a participant in a doping scandal during the Beijing Olympics

The athlete’s test dated December 25, 2021 tested positive for the banned drug trimetazidine. The World Anti-Doping Agency and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) sought to remove the figure skater, but the Court of Arbitration for Sport allowed Valieva to participate in the Games.

At the same time, the IOC said that it would not hold an awards ceremony following the results of the individual tournament for women if Valieva was the winner. Since the 15-year-old figure skater did not hit the podium, Shcherbakova and Trusova receive their awards at an official event in Beijing.

The IOC also postponed the awards ceremony following the results of the Olympic team tournament. The Russian team, which included Valieva, became the winner in this type of program.