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‘Eteri has an extended bench of excellent skaters’: Tatiana Tarasova on Alexandra Trusova’s break up from Tutberidze
Russian and Soviet determine skating icon Tatiana Tarasova has commented on Alexandra Trusova’s choice to go away Eteri Tutberidze’s camp stressing that her absence is not going to have any affect on the group comprised of proficient skaters.
“Eteri has an extended bench of excellent skaters who can change Alexandra Trusova. This occurs generally, skaters depart coaches. However altering a coach is all the time a lottery,” Tarasova stated.
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On Wednesday, two-time Olympic gold medalist Evgeni Plushenko confirmed that Trusova has joined his academy parting methods with Tutberidze who has educated her over the past 4 years.
“Evgeni will prepare an excellent skater who’s a world file holder. He takes on enormously enormous accountability and I want him to succeed. He’ll now have a chance to affix the teaching household.”
The 73-year-old specialist additionally burdened that it was in all probability the initiative of Trusova’s dad and mom to stop Tutberidze because the skater has misplaced main positions she held at junior degree.
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Trusova who’s the primary feminine athlete to land a quad was anticipated to grow to be Russia’s new chief in ladies’s skating, nevertheless her senior debut was not that sensational.
The 2-time world junior champion struggled throughout her first senior season continually falling on her signature quads which had introduced her worldwide fame.
She completed third on the ISU Grand Prix remaining and European championship dropping to her teammates and coaching companions Alena Kostornaia and Anna Shcherbakova whom she simply beat at junior occasions.
Lack of consideration from the teaching employees and important regress at worldwide degree have been named as the primary causes for Trusova’s choice to go away Tutberidze.
That is the third prime class skater, following Evgenia Medvedeva and Yulia Lipnitskaya, to exit the group after being outshined by Tutberidze’s different skaters who have been snapping on their heels.
