Athletistic/Figure Skating. 2018 Olympic women’s singles champion Alina Zagitova told how Russia’s honored coach Eteri Tutberidze kicked her out of the squad after the athlete suffered an injury. According to Zagitova, this was shortly after her enrollment in the Tutberidze group.

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“You didn’t want to leave? No, but they kicked me out. As Eteri Georgievna says, I was lazy. Until the age of 12 I was engaged in figure skating in Izhevsk – in the province, they did not demand so much from us there. And the moment I entered the Tutberidze group, it seemed to me that I was getting the most out of myself.

I was not yet used to such charges, I did not understand what they wanted from me. But then I started doing some kind of triple jumps (I didn’t do them in Izhevsk). And then in practice, I broke my arm around my wrist. I went to competitions with a special light brace and also broke my leg there. I returned home to Izhevsk with two casts to recover from my injuries.

The time has passed. The casts were removed, I had a little practice in my hometown and went to Moscow. And from the first training, Eteri Georgievna said to me: “I fire you.” Of course, I was upset. But what to do? I switched to another coach at the same rink – Anna Tsareva. I am also very grateful to her because she helped me through such a difficult time. But I didn’t get much.

Then I decided to return home to Izhevsk. My grandmother and I bought a bouquet, came to Eteri Georgievna to give flowers, thank her and say goodbye, say: “We are leaving Moscow, thank you for everything.” And she said, “Let’s try again.” Why she made such a decision, I don’t know, it’s probably better to ask her, “quoted Alina” 7 days “.

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