“Everyone knows that coaching rigor is the key to achieving victory.”
The attitude of Gheteri Tutverize, coach of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) during the women's singles free skating competition at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, which ended on the 17th, drew worldwide condemnation.
Controversial over her doping, Camilla Balieva finished first in her short program, but she eventually failed to overcome her psychological pressure and made her mistakes in free skating.
She eventually ended up in 4th place and failed to win her medal.
Instead of offering her warm consolation to Baliyeva as she exited the ice rink with her hands covered in tears, coach Tutverizeh pressed her with denunciation at the 'why didn't she run properly' reproach.
"Why did you give up? Why did you stop competing?" She was caught on television as she scolded her.
This scene shocked sports fans.
Even Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee, directly mentioned that "it was a creepy scene."
However, Russia thought differently.
According to Sports Illustrated on the 20th, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov defended coach Truverize at a press conference on the 18th.
"IOC President Thomas Bach is a very prestigious person in sports around the world, of course we respect his opinion, but we don't have to agree with him," said Peskov.
"Chairman Bach doesn't like the rigor of our coaches, but we all know that in high-level sports, coach rigor is the key to achieving victory." "Let's think about it, congratulations to the medalists. Balieva was fourth, but it was the most powerful win in high-level sports."
At the press conference for the closing ceremony of the tournament, Bach said, "I was very distressed by the tremendous pressure he must have felt after watching Balieva's game. criticized the