Olympic figure skating champion Evgeny Plushenko said that during the “Battle of Schools” tournament there are cases where athletes are attracted to other coaches.
On November 11, the third stage of the Moscow Sports Cup in figure skating for the 2023/24 season will take place in the small arena of the CSKA sports complex – a youth team competition between athletes aged 6 to 12 years old.
— Can such competitions be a means of screening?
— There are coaching staffs who openly seduce. I’ll be honest, the couple representing my club took first place in Kazan. And already one of the coaches, I won’t name him, was approaching. He started casting his fishing rods. I don’t do that, I’ve never done that and I don’t advise anyone to do that. But unfortunately this is happening, ”reports the correspondent of , reporting Plushenko’s words.
— Question to Alexander, the son of Yevgeny Plushenko. If a famous coach approaches you and offers you a transfer, what will your reaction be?
– I will not tell anything.
Source : MatchTV

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