“Tutberidze is entitled to his position. In 99% of cases, our opinions are the same” – Averbukh

Olympic silver medalist, world and European champion in ice dancing Ilya Averbukh expressed words of support to the honored coach of the Russian national team Eteri Tutberidze.

This spring, the ISU suspended the participation of athletes from Russia and Belarus in international competitions due to the crisis in Ukraine. Tutberidze later said that the distribution of medals and titles without the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes is not in accordance with the principles of fair sport.

– Not so long ago, Eteri Tutberidze spoke harshly about the work of some journalists. Did you follow this thread?

– Honestly, there have been calls for comments on this topic, but I don’t even know what it is. But if they ask me, I’m always on the side of Eteri Georgievna. He is an outstanding coach, a coach with a capital letter, a coach who has the right to express his position without ambiguity. In 99% of cases, our opinions coincide with it. I don’t know the essence of this problem at all – I think it’s just the off season and everyone is trying to make an elephant out of a fly. But, even without knowing the question, I am definitely on the side of Eteri Georgievna.

– As far as I know, the claims were that the media paid a lot of attention to his flights to the United States.

“Eteri Georgievna is now in Russia. And she works with a great galaxy of talented young skaters, she has given us a constellation of exceptional girls. His students are nothing but a treasure, and we only realize the full value of Tutberidze’s work after a while, when we really turn around and understand what diamonds were born at the headquarters of Eteri Georgievna,” Sport24 quotes. Averbukh.

sport24.ru