“Another month would have gone by and she would have admitted it. What is it anyway? — Tarasova on Kostornaya’s comments on statements addressed to judges

Honored Coach of the USSR Tatyana Tarasova during a conversation with a correspondent, she appreciated the words of the figure skater Alena Kostornaya who admitted to allowing herself to make unnecessary statements about judges.

Earlier, Kostornaya admitted on that she had said “an excessive number of things” about the refereeing at the Russian Grand Prix in Omsk. The athlete also added that they will have to prove the worth of their relationship with Georgy Kunitsa.

“Another month would have gone by and she would have admitted it.” What is it anyway? No one has ever allowed themselves to do that. This is the first time she has competed in pairs, and she is already discussing the work of the judges. Well, they taught her, she wanted to say what she wanted and she did it. Let her come up. If she trains a lot and invests, she will fight for the high places and they will have a good match,” Tarasova told .

Kostornaya and Kunitsa at the tournament in Omsk scored a total of 192.77 points for two programs and took fourth place. After the performance, the skater said she was unhappy with how her performance in the short program was evaluated, adding that due to the judges’ controversial scores, figure skating is “sinking into a swamp”.

European champion in single skating, Kostornaya switched to pair skating at the start of the year and entered a duo with Kunitsa. In August, the athletes got married.