Honored Coach of Russia Eteri Tutberidze in an interview on her YouTube channel “Comment Show” He said figure skater Alina Zagitova was bleeding from her legs while preparing for the 2018 Olympic Games. Slova said that Zagitova washed her legs bloody during the Olympic preparations.
“During the Olympic season, Alina’s feet were bleeding so much that when she took her foot out of her shoe, I felt sick to my stomach. But I didn’t tell him about it. Because if you clearly state that this is bad, he may not have the strength to endure it any longer. I don’t understand how you tolerate this,” Tutberidze said.
Zagitova won the 2018 Olympics, the gold medal at the 2019 World Championships, and the gold and silver medals at the 2018 and 2019 European Championships. Zagitova is the Russian singles skater and the second skater in world history to win all championships in world figure skating after Kim Young Ah.
Zagitova missed the 2020 and 2021 competitions but has not announced her retirement since then. In February 2022, Zagitova took part as captain in the Channel One Cup team tournament, which the “Red Machine” team won. Zagitova hosted the show “Ice Age” together with Olympic champion Alexei Yagudin.
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