“Achieving results by any means necessary.” This one broke – another one is coming “: Kostornaya criticized Tutberidze 04/25/2023, 07:35

Alena admitted that due to an injury she did not participate in the Olympic Games in Beijing and the Russian championship in 2021, which was one of the stages of selection for international competitions. The figure skater broke her arm and was in a cast.

“One time I went to practice – my mother tied my skates. That was such a shame! I couldn’t put my sweater on – it just didn’t fit. Since the blood began to flow, the plaster began to push, “said Kostornaya.

The athlete was removed from the competition, but she was told this only after she learned everything from the Internet. The figure skater worked with Tutberidze until the summer of 2020, after which she went to Yevgeny Plushenko for a year and returned to her mentor. However, she soon switched to Elena Buyanova.

“Eteri Tutberidze is getting results by any means because the conveyor. This one is broken, another one is coming. I’m not saying it’s bad. They have such methods of work, everyone has their own. Someone leads one athlete from 15 to 30 years old and someone from 15 to 18 years old. But as practice shows, the age over 19 is no longer just about sports. Everyone has a different age range of work,” explained Alena.

The athlete’s health was greatly affected by the coronavirus: she developed increased bone fragility. “I rarely got sick before, but now every sick child is around – I get sick immediately.” Now I’m used to it – yes, he sneezed, I move 10 kilometers away from him. And then for weeks I felt sick after every sneeze next to me. Mom was holding her head, she didn’t understand what was happening to me, “the figure skater admitted.

She talked about her return to the Eteri group. Alena was uncomfortable with the way they tried to present it to the public. “I had to give an interview, at the end of which I had to say with tears in my eyes: “Oh, sorry, such an idiot! Just take me back!” From that moment on, I didn’t have a single conversation where I tried to smooth corners. If she spoke, she spoke directly. This situation directly pissed me off, “explained Kostornaya.

After the operation, the girl realized that she could not do the usual things. Jumps, which take up more than half the time in singles skating, became unavailable to her.

Then Alena decided to switch to pair skating. “And somehow everything was spinning, spinning, I really liked it. There was none of the pain I experienced when jumping. I thought why not. If it’s really a chance to stay in figure skating, fight for the top 5, top 3, why not try,” Kostornaya summed up in an interview on the YouTube show “Two Words”.