Athletistic / Figure skating. Honored Russian figure skating coach Eteri Tutberidze spoke about Evgenia Medvedeva’s emotional reaction to winning silver at the 2018 Olympic Games in Pyeongchang (South Korea). She lost to compatriot Alina Zagitova at the tournament.

“How did she react to the silver? At Kiss-and-Kray, she started congratulating us on the gold medal, saying that we had done everything so that Alina was first.

We did everything so that Alina was first, but we also did everything so that Zhenya was first. We can’t lead to places – we can lead to horseback riding.

If we have already planned in advance that there is a reserve in this skating. Naturally, my dream is for the athletes to go to the start line and present their best program. And then the judges will assign them places.

Tutberidze told how she tried to end the conflict between Zagitova and Medvedeva after the Olympics

She no longer wanted to communicate with us. We went to the living room and tried to talk, but she was already talking to Orser.

It was somehow strange to me. It’s not that I didn’t pay attention to it. Of course, it’s unpleasant, but I can’t say for sure that she was leaving,” Tutberidze said on the “Comment.Show” YouTube channel.


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