Athletistic / Figure skating. Honored coach of the USSR in figure skating Tatiana Tarasova told what she would have done in the place of coach Eteri Tutberidze in the doping scandal of figure skater Kamila Valieva. According to Tarasova, she would blame herself in order to relieve the athlete of any responsibility.

Earlier, Tutberidze herself issued a statement on social media. She said she doubted the competence of the lawyers who represented Valieva’s interests before the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

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Previously, the court decided to disqualify the athlete for four years for violating anti-doping rules.

“Eteri Tutberidze cannot help but find out who defended Kamila in court. This is the first thing the coach should be interested in. Not only Valieva is involved in the situation, but also Eteri Tutberidze herself .How can she not know? We have to ask her this, who defended Camila in court.

If, God forbid, such a situation happened to me, I would say it was my fault. I do not evaluate the actions of Eteri Tutberidze, but I would say that I was guilty, I mixed things up, I gave the wrong thing, but I would take the responsibility off the child. This seems to be the only right decision,” Tarasova is quoted as saying by Match TV.


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