"I didn't even think about the merits of Evgeny": how the director of the Sambo-70 school Laishev intervened in the conflict between Tutberidze and Plushenko

The confrontation between Eteri Tutberidze and Evgeny Plushenko flared up with renewed vigor after the Moscow stage of the Russian Cup.

However, in addition to the main characters, new participants appeared in it.

The director of the Sambo-70 sports school, Renat Laishev, who usually reacts with restraint to ambiguous situations, emotionally commented on the defeat of his students Kamila Valieva and Darya Usacheva Alexandra Trusova, which provoked a new wave of scandal in the national figure skating.

“Such achievements of Sasha are her business.

The fact that she is talented is unambiguous.

It is no coincidence that Eteri Georgievna saw her.

Trusova will skate on her own, she is great.

As for my words about her stock, she received it from Tutberidze.

I did not even think about any merits of Eugene.

If we see all the quadruple jumps in her program at the next competitions, this will move our skating forward, and all this will be the merit of Sambo-70 and Sasha's parents, ”Laishev quotes the Championship.

In addition, he remembered the very story of Alexandra's departure from "Khrustalny" in May this year.

According to the director, he could have a negative impact on other students of "Sambo-70".

“Now I am worried about the children who studied with her in the class.

They met her, escorted her to competitions, worried about her as a school student.

Then everyone becomes friends.

Children's friendship is sacred, it cannot be especially touched and appreciated.

Adults sometimes get into it, and we must cherish and preserve children's feelings, ”added Layshev.

Plushenko himself could not ignore the statements.

He has repeatedly noted that he is trying to avoid conflict, since the rightness must be proved on the ice.

That is why, in his opinion, Laishev should not interfere in such stories and evaluate the productivity of his cooperation with Trusova.

“He sincerely believes that he understands more than me in figure skating.

So let's play along, okay?

You ask him questions about figure skating with a blue eye, and he answers importantly.

And then the whole world laughs.

But we have such a character.

I really like everything, let him be in our life, "Plushenko said in an interview with Sport-Express.

Prior to that, the coach and director had already exchanged harsh remarks about each other.

After the end of the Moscow stage of the Russian Cup, Laishev said that all the skills Trusova had were laid down in the Tutberidze group.

Moreover, he suggested that the skater would not be able to progress at the Angela Plushenko Academy.

In response, Plushenko recalled that "the winners are not judged," and also said that Laishev would soon be sent to retire.

The reaction was not long in coming.

“No, I'm not going to retire yet.

Plushenko said so?

This is just an ill-mannered person.

It would be better not to say anything at all in response, it makes no sense to correspond with a fool.

But what did he do as a coach?

He didn’t bring up anyone, he only stole Trusova and Kostornaya from our coach, who works for me, ”the website of the“ New Age ”TV channel quotes Laishev as saying.

Everyone treats the conflict between the two schools differently.

Some believe that it has a positive effect on the popularization of figure skating, while others call for an end to showdowns that are not related to sports.

Not without a joke, Olympic champion Salt Lake City-2002 Alexei Yagudin, who has recently ridiculed controversial episodes on social networks.

On his Instagram page, he posted a video in which a horse ("Sambo-70") and a pony ("Plushenko's Angels") "swear" with each other in human language.

At first, Plushenko played along with his former rival in the comments, but then said that he shouldn't have interfered.

“That's why he needs it?

What does he have to do with this?

There is a struggle between the two schools in competitions, as it once was between Alexei Mishin and Tatyana Tarasova.

I understand everything, but what does Yagudin have to do with it?

Nobody makes parodies, and he is a plug in every barrel, ”Plushenko said.

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It should be noted that the name of Laishev has recently sounded not only in the context of the Tutberidze-Plushenko confrontation.

At the end of September, a solemn event dedicated to the 50th anniversary of "Sambo-70" took place.

It was attended by Evgenia Medvedeva, who had recently returned to Tutberidze after two years of work with Brian Orser.

She was entrusted with an honorable mission to raise the flag of the educational institution.

Many drew attention to the absence of another titled student - Alina Zagitova.

And although she temporarily interrupted her career and plunged headlong into new projects, this caused bewilderment.

Laishev first announced that the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympic champion was busy, although he would like both skaters to raise the flag.

But Zagitova herself explained her absence by the fact that she was not even invited.

In response, the director of "Sambo-70" noted that the athlete is always welcome at school, but she is on a par with the rest of the students.

Therefore, there should be no special relationship to her.

“For me, as the head of Sambo-70, Alina is a student. This is the school she graduated from, and I don't have to call her or not call her. She must come, be dear here, with her teachers, with her coaches. This is her business. Is she the queen of Chauntecleer, or what, so that I call her somewhere? ”RIA Novosti quoted Laisheva.