Evgeni Plushenko’s 10-year-old son, Alexander, began to consider the transition from coach to coach in figure skating. His words guide the way “Sports Express”.
“How can you outbid someone, attract someone? This is a little stupid. He will transfer himself if he wants,” said Plushenko Jr.
He also answered the journalist’s question: “So Eteri Georgievna Tutberidze will approach you and offer good conditions, what will be her reaction?” In one word: “I won’t say anything.”
Alexander was born on January 6, 2013. At the age of three, Plushenko Jr. moved to St. Petersburg with his father. He appeared on ice at the ice shows “The Snow King – 2” in St. Petersburg and “The Nutcracker” in Moscow. Since 2017, the skater has been training at the Plushenko Angels figure skating academy, opened by the two-time Olympic champion.
In 2020, two athletes left Tutberidze for Plushenko: Alexandra Trusova and Alena Kostornaya. However, both skaters returned to Khrustalny. Under Tutberidze’s leadership, Trusova won the silver medal at the 2022 Olympic Games, losing to Svetlana Sokolovskaya in September of the same year. Kostornaya went to Elena Buyanova in the spring of 2022 and then switched to pair skating.
Previously, Tutberidze stated that Trusova threw skates at him.