“If he wants to offend me, I’m not against”: what caused a new conflict between the teams of Tutberidze and Plushenko

"I'm no stranger to another war"

As soon as the world figure skating championship, which became a triumph for the Russian national team, ended in Stockholm, a new conflict broke out.

Once again, representatives of the teams Eteri Tutberidze and Evgeni Plushenko, whose students Anna Shcherbakova and Alexandra Trusova recently stood together on the podium, exchanged loud and even offensive statements.

The reason for the skirmish was the ironic comment of the Olympic champion Alexei Yagudin.

In his Instagram, he posted a screenshot with the news of one of the sports sites, which mistakenly called Plushenko's wife his wife.

Yagudin, whose wife is the former figure skater Tatyana Totmianina, jokingly wrote: “Thank you, I don’t need this!

Take me back to my place. "

Rudkovskaya, in response, expressed bewilderment that Yagudin pays attention to such errors, and at the same time mentioned Tutberidze in her comment, making it clear that she would not want to have anything to do with her.

“If I were Yagudin, I would have answered the same, if, of course, I had paid attention to it!

Since they write so much about me that sometimes you are amazed!

I envy Alexei, how much free time he has to read all this.

I have neither the time nor the desire to pay attention to the hype that is now so welcomed in the media about any famous person.

They write everything and indiscriminately!

Now every gopher is an agronomist, every blogger without higher education is a journalist, so it’s good that I’m Yagudin’s wife, and not Tutberidze’s husband!

Thank you anyway!"

- quotes Rudkovskaya "Sport-Express".

The director of the Sambo-70 school, Renat Laishev, did not pass by this attack on Tutberidze.

He insulted Rudkovskaya and at the same time urged Trusova to leave Plushenko's team and return to her previous coach.

“She's a complete fool!

There is no other way to put it here!

There are patriotic themes that our entire country is now focusing on.

But Plushenko's patriotic actions are funny and incomprehensible.

He took and stole Trusova.

I told Sasha: "Come back immediately if you don't want to ruin your life."

Let her come back and be glad that she is with us, with a team that will give her good and kind deeds.

I say this as a person who has raised more than one galaxy.

I have been working as a teacher for 45 years, and as a school director for 30 years.

I can and have the right to say it absolutely clearly.

Trusova was prepared by Tutberidze, and before it is too late, let Sasha return to Eteri Georgievna, ”Layshev said.

Rudkovskaya, in turn, spoke no less harshly about the director of "Sambo-70".

She stated that she did not want to have business with Laishev, but was ready to continue to sort things out with him in case of an answer.

“If this respected person has a problem with his sense of humor and he is already bursting with a sense of his own worth, then these are definitely not my problems.

I don’t know who it is, and, to be honest, I don’t want to know.

Health to him, and good luck, and a drum on his neck!

The fact that this comrade is a rude man, I was told, is no secret to anyone.

If he wants to insult me, I don’t mind, and I’m no stranger to another war.

Just put on the skirt!

We will then be on an equal footing!

Given his cinematic past, as they tell me here, he is no stranger to it, ”said the producer of Sport24.

She also noted that Trusova's preparation for the World Cup was carried out without state assistance and only for private investment, while Tutberidze's group trains with budget funds.

Yagudin reacted to all these statements.

He was surprised at how quickly a new conflict in figure skating erupted after the main start of the season.

“Are you kidding?

Only a day has passed since the World Cup.

Give me a little rest.

And certainly too much insult.

Figured Santa Barbara, season 2021, ”the former skater wrote on Instagram.

Trusova herself, whose transition from Tutberidze to Plushenko was recalled by Laishev, did not agree with the recommendation of the director of her former school.

She said that she began to skate better after changing the coaching group.

“I believe that I did everything in my life correctly.

And I'm still learning something new everywhere.

I am very glad, I like to try different things.

Of course, I think that I have improved in many ways both in skating and jumping.

I hope that it’s not just me who thinks so, ”Trusova said on the air of NTV.

"Tutberidze can be sharp on the tongue"

Simultaneously with the skirmish between Rudkovskaya and Laishev in the national figure skating, a discussion arose about the methods of work of the coaching staff of Tutberidze.

Olympic champion Ekaterina Bobrova said that the specialist allows himself to humiliate his charges.

“Eteri Georgievna may be sharp on the tongue, some of the parents may not like what their child hears during training.

She can humiliate a person, but she does it, in her opinion, for the good.

Tutberidze churns out champions one by one, her system, whatever it is, works.

And the girls come back to her because they don't know how to train differently.

In America, if you touch an athlete's foot in a wrong way, you can be jailed.

I was also beaten as a child, - Mom, don't cry, - I was scared to come to training.

It helped me achieve what I have achieved.

Whatever methods Tutberidze has, whether you like it or not, the main thing is that they work, "Bobrova told the Interlocutor.

It is worth noting that the former dancer herself did not study under the guidance of Tutberidze, but she is close friends with Evgenia Medvedeva, who is currently a student of the 47-year-old coach.

Yagudin stood up to defend Tutberidze.

He noted that he closely monitors the work of the best Russian coaches and did not notice that in "Sambo-70" unacceptable methods were applied to students.

“Bobrova trained all her life with Zhulin, not with Tutberidze.

Therefore, she a priori does not know by what methods Eteri works.

It is not for her to judge the methodology by which Tutberidze works.

Never in my life have I seen her humiliate her students.

I don't know where Catherine got this from.

It seems to me that she either lost her mind, or she had a terrible dream.

I see how Tutberidze, Daniil Gleikhengauz, Aleksey Mishin, Tamara Moskvina, Aleksandr Zhulin, Tatyana Tarasova, Aleksandr Svinin, Sergei Davydov and many others relate to their students.

I have never met someone who was humiliated! "

- noticed Yagudin.

Olympic champion Natalya Bestemyanova also reacted to Bobrova's words.

According to her, it is possible to draw conclusions about how a specialist trains only by studying with him, and not being guided by rumors.

“I have never been to Eteri Georgievna's training.

I cannot tell what her methods are.

Did Ekaterina Bobrova train with her?

She heard this from someone, but Catherine herself does not know this.

All coaches achieve results with their own methods and their system.

We cannot know what these methods are, "Sport-Express quotes Bestemyanov.

Otherwise, Bobrova's statements were commented on by the former figure skater Alena Leonova.

She stated that the coach has the right to communicate harshly with the charges, but should not allow humiliation and insults.

"This is unacceptable.

Coaches usually do not resort to this to completely humiliate.

Sometimes they can shout, they can shout without any name-calling.

Now is the time when some parents want their child to ride in this group, to progress, then he must endure, go through everything.

It is unpleasant.

This is incorrect, let's say.

Many children do not perceive this at all - it is better to be kind to them.

You can't resort to insults, but hard training helps you grow into champions.

But this does not apply to criticism, insults, ”Leonova said.