Athletistic/Figure skating. Olympic silver medalist Ilya Averbukh, in a conversation with a Match TV journalist, noted the greatness of figure skating coach Eteri Tutberidze.

On February 24, Tutberidze celebrated his 50th birthday.

“I can only say good words and congratulations to Eteri Georgievna. She reached all the heights only thanks to her work, and this cannot but cause respect and admiration. Eteri Georgievna is a major figure in the skating world artistic, a kind of revolutionary and inspirational. who promoted women’s singles skating. I wish her further achievements. As a person who crossed the 50th milestone a few months ago, I can say that with age comes great experience and important understanding of life. But you always want new achievements. “I think Eteri Georgievna does too. Leave it, there will be new achievements, new victories and new successes,” Averbukh told Match TV.

Under the leadership of Tutberidze, Yulia Lipnitskaya, Alina Zagitova, Anna Shcherbakova became Olympic champions, and Evgenia Medvedeva, Alexandra Trusova, as well as the sports couple Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov, became Olympic silver medalists.


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