2022 Olympic silver medalist Alexandra Trusova in an interview okko The two-time Olympic champion admitted that he did not have serious talks with coach Eteri Tutberidze after returning to his group after moving to Evgeni Plushenko’s academy.
“When I turned to Tutberidze, there were no direct words… I could say the first: “Red hair suits you very well.” Then I changed my color. The rest is more personal. There was no serious conversation: we just talked and I went to training, everything went back to normal,” said Trusova.
Trusova moved from Eteri Tutberidze to Evgeni Plushenko in 2020, but returned to Khrustalny in 2021. In 2022, she left Tutberidze again to train in Svetlana Sokolovskaya’s group.
After Russian figure skaters were suspended from international tournaments, Trusova missed the Russian Championships in the 2022/23 season. He last appeared on the ice at the Russian Grand Prix in Samara at the end of November 2022. She later came second. The figure skater became the owner of the gold medal at the Russian Championship in the 2021/22 season, this became possible after the disqualification of Kamila Valieva, who came first in the tournament.
On 30 August, Sport Express reported that Trusova does not plan to participate in competitions in the 2023/24 season. After participating in the demonstration in Beijing, he reduced his educational activities, but even before that he was wondering whether to continue his career.
Previously Trusova statedHe does not see changing coaches as a betrayal.