“She is like a second mother to me.” Maxim Kovtun – Tarasova’s birthday

Four-time Russian figure skating champion Maxim Kovtun in a conversation with , he said that Tatyana Tarasova She is his second mother.

On Tuesday, Tarasova turned 77 years old.

“I have already congratulated her, I will congratulate her again when we meet.” I will be forever grateful to that person, not just for what they gave me at the rink. I am grateful to her for what she did for me in life, she gave me a lot in terms of character. Tatiana Anatolyevna is like a second mother for me,” Kovtun told .

Under the leadership of Tarasova, the sports couple Irina Rodnina/Alexander Zaitsev, dance duets Natalya Bestemyanova/Andrey Bukin, Marina Klimova/Sergey Ponomarenko, Oksana Grischuk/Evgeny Platov, as well as singles skaters Ilya Kulik and Alexey Yagudin became Olympic champions.