“Leonova was the main instigator and even stabbed me in the leg with a blade.” Another figure skater in Rukavitsyn’s group accused coaches of mistreatment

The group’s former figure skater Evgenia Rukavitsyna in the monologue told how the actions of the coaching staff led to the end of her career.

The figure skater agreed to tell her story on condition of anonymity because she fears being persecuted.

Earlier, published an interview with Elizaveta Nugumanova, who told how Rukavitsyn and other members of her team repeatedly insulted her during the last season and threatened to withdraw her from the sport.

– I came to Rukavitsyn from another city, and at first everything was fine, the attitude towards me was excellent. For a very long time, Valentin Molotov did not begin to mount programs for me, although I offered many options. But all the time it was delayed, although other girls were already starting to put on new programs. There were always very inappropriate Valentine jokes, which were always very sarcastic and obnoxious.

But at the same time, there were good relations between the girls and the guys in the group, with some we became best friends. It all started with the boot camp, in the first part of the boot camp I lost a lot of weight and I was quite skinny, then I started having problems with my leg, I have talked to the technical staff, who did not react anyway, they “dealed” with ointments and teips. And the pain kept growing. And at some point, I didn’t even understand at what point, everyone abruptly stopped talking to me, they started spreading rot and laughing at me by the whole team that I was fat, big, etc. not say that I was fat. But after such pressure from the group and later from the technical staff, I really started to have weight problems, I recovered a lot, it was very difficult mentally to support all that at that age. I just broke.

[Алена] Leonova was the main instigator of this psychological pressure. Training camp lasted about three months, and the last two months have been hell for me. Once on the ice, Leonova even hit me in the leg with a blade, because I accidentally interfered with her. When I returned to St. Petersburg, I realized that in principle I could no longer not only train, but walk. For about six months I went to the doctors to figure out what kind of injury, it turned out to be a broken leg and sprained the other. That is to say, I could hardly move, it was very painful. When I healed all my injuries, I came to Evgeny Vladimirovich and said that I was ready to work, ready to get in shape and really wanted to skate. To which I was told that I was no longer in the group. And that you should at least come to the OFP.

I couldn’t walk, what kind of OPF is there. I asked Evgeny Vladimirovitch to give me the contacts of the coaches so that I could come and see them. Of course, he gave these contacts, but at the same time he said that you shouldn’t try, none of the coaches would take me anyway. And it happened, I went to the screenings and everyone refused me. And that’s how she ended her career, ”said the skater.

Coach Rukavitsyn from the start refused to comment on this situation, then stopped responding to calls. Choreographer Valentin Molotov also does not answer the phone.