Tutberidze's hardness scale, Kostner's injury and Orser's attack: what is being discussed in the world of figure skating

Tutberidze hardness scale

Eteri Tutberidze rarely gives interviews, so each of them attracts close attention.

This time, the specialist spoke about the features of her coaching approach.

Tutberidze rated her own rigidity at three points out of ten.

“Our accumulated experience allows us to already see what tasks to give and what plans to build.

Any athlete has the right both once and systematically to refuse to complete the task.

Well, the result, fortunately or unfortunately, we see there.

A score of 10 is when, probably, the coach insists on his tasks.

We do not insist.

We come, give tasks, and then the athlete ... We sometimes have seven athletes on the ice - three of them perform tasks, and four drive in a circle.

Just because they don’t feel in good shape, ”explained the specialist, who raised several Olympic champions and winners of the Games at once.

Tutberidze also spoke about her attitude to the manifestations of star disease in athletes and coaches.

In her opinion, the test can be devastating.

“A person stops developing, looking for flaws in himself.

Self-esteem is a little different.

I probably have it too.

But what is pride in sports?

Reluctance to socialize with peers?

I think it shouldn't.

You don't have to consider yourself the best.

You just have to go out and do… show what you've been working on.

And if this leads to the highest step of the pedestal - well, great.

You need to be confident.

Usually this is laid down through the training process.

But not pride, ”the coach emphasized.

Plushenko's shocking stories

Evgeni Plushenko, who has been increasingly compared with Tutberidze, also spoke about his approach to the wards last week.

The two-time Olympic champion said that at the initial stage of his coaching career, he did not shy away from working with absolute beginners: he was engaged in their preparation and came to training at six in the morning.

And when his academy began to grow and it was necessary to hire additional specialists, the former skater ran into problems: he had to fire 17 coaches, as they showed the “wrong attitude” to work.

“I’m standing at the rink at 6:30 in the morning, there is no specialist on site, and her group is waiting.

I think where is she?

I go out into the street, and she stands - smokes.

After that, she was promptly removed.

It was such that children were beaten on the ice, thrown into the side.

There are also such experts.

There were times when children got concussions.

I immediately said that this could not be in Plushenko's Angels.

I will not allow children to be pinched, pricked with needles, given cuffs on the back of the head, or humiliated.

We don't have a concentration camp.

We make sure that children treat their sport with love.

Only in this case can there be a good result, ”the three-time world champion emphasized.

He also admitted that he was especially shocked by the behavior of one of the coaches, who threw her own four-year-old daughter on the side.

"How is this possible?

This is your child!

Now this madam works in another school, I will not say which one.

They took her, despite the fact that I immediately fired her, ”Plushenko told Match TV.

Kostornaya's operation and Kostner's injury

Alena Kostornaya announced the upcoming surgical intervention a month ago, but for a number of reasons her hospitalization was postponed several times.

Last week, hip surgery finally took place, and the skater has even been discharged from the hospital.

The process of restoring Kostornaya will take about six months.

She will be in rehab in three weeks.

“There will be exercise therapy, some exercises, recovery processes,” the athlete’s coach Elena Buyanova explained to SE.

The other day it became known about the health problems of another ex-European champion - Carolina Kostner.

She was diagnosed with a broken jaw.

The athlete did not disclose the details of how she received such an unpleasant injury, she only published photos from the ward on a social network.

“I fall 100 times and get up 101” is a mantra I have kept repeating to myself since the ambulance took me to the ward last Thursday in what should have been a nice day at work.

Diagnosis: double fracture of the jaw, five stitches and a severe headache.

There were stormy days, sleepless and painful nights.

Despite everything, I can tell you that soon I will be healthy again!

Life brings surprises, not always good ones, nevertheless you become stronger than before!

— wrote the Italian.

Fire in the "Crystal"

The great love of fans for figure skating and, in particular, the increased attention to the pupils of Eteri Tutberidze has a negative side.

On Wednesday night, an unknown man tried to set fire to the building of the Khrustalny sports complex, where the best Russian athletes train.

This was reported by the TASS agency, citing a law enforcement source.

He came to the palace with a bottle of flammable liquid, poured the contents into a crack near the window and set it on fire.

Security managed to quickly extinguish the fire, no one was hurt.

According to Renat Laishev, President of the Sambo-70 Center for Sports and Education, there has been an unhealthy hype in relation to Khrustalny recently.

He believes that the arson was arranged by one of the fans, who has mental problems.

“Abnormal attention artificially created after the Olympics: they follow every look and movement of the girls, where they went, where they went.

I did not expect that in such a sport in a children's and youth school such a thing could happen, around this building.

A lot of children train there - it was necessary to think of doing this.

I don’t remember such cases, there has never been such a thing, ”Championship quotes Laishev.

Boxing match between Zagitova and Buzova

Promoter Vladimir Khryunov does not leave attempts to organize a boxing match between Alina Zagitova and Olga Buzova.

This was first discussed in June, when the figure skater sparred with two-time Olympic champion Oleg Saitov as part of the Moscow Sports Day.

“We are negotiating.

The fight is planned for December, at which time Zagitova is involved in the ice show.

Perhaps the fight will take place a little earlier.

I really want this to happen, it will be a very bright cherry on the already infinitely beautiful cake of Russian boxing.

Information about the fees will appear a little later, but these will be very interesting amounts, ”said Khryunov.

Meanwhile, the Olympic champion Pyeongchang’s social media stopped posting records from boxing training that could be seen in the summer.

Now Alina is more often busy skating.

And recently she visited St. Petersburg and was very pleased with the opportunity to change the situation.

“It was still great to get away from the bustle of the city and quietly float on a boat on the river, enjoying the sound of the waves beating against the side.

Such peace!”

— wrote the skater.

Orser's anti-Russian attack

A flurry of indignation on the network was caused by an interview with Brian Orser, the former coach of Evgenia Medvedeva.

He stated that he supported the removal of Russian athletes from international competitions.

So, according to him, at the junior stage of the Grand Prix, two Canadian pairs won medals: “If there were Russian skaters, the whole pedestal would be theirs.”

The specialist also expressed the opinion that the current sanctions are caused not only by political processes.

“It is good for sports when clean and honest athletes compete.

It's not just about politics, the whole doping issue somehow faded into the background, and here it was like a couple of rotten apples spoiled the harvest.

This is not the first case of doping problems among Russians, ”Orser said in an interview with Sports.ru.

The Canadian also said that he is unlikely to cooperate with Russian athletes in the future.

At the same time, he is extremely proud of the short time that he worked with Medvedeva.

“Her last two starts - especially the Russian Grand Prix - were the best skating in her career.

And “Memoirs of a Geisha” is my favorite program performed by her, Zhenya skated perfectly then in Moscow.

To me, she should have won that tournament.

Shae-Lynn Bourne then put on a program that forced her out of her comfort zone - but Medvedev did it brilliantly, ”shared Brian.

In addition, the specialist expressed confidence that it was he who helped Evgenia recover from the disappointment caused by the lack of Olympic gold.

“Medals are not everything, I saw how happy she was.

It is also important that she also understood: the gold medal does not define her as a person.

I had the same story, and I must say, I had to spend much more time on this realization, Evgenia coped with it faster, ”said the coach, who twice became the silver medalist of the Games.