“Two years ago, her dad called and said that he wanted to see and talk. He arrived, asked: "What do you think?" I replied that I couldn’t take it yet, since I have a small platform, we simply won’t be able to train. They left to think. And now the time has come when they again came to me and said: “We want to go,” Plushenko told Komsomolskaya Pravda.

Trusova is a two-time world champion among juniors, as well as a bronze medalist of the European and Russian championships in adult skating. Previously, the skater was engaged under the leadership of Eteri Tutberidze.

Trusova previously spoke about her eating habits.