Beijing, Jan 31, Anatoly Samokhvalov. Russian figure skater Evgenia Medvedeva left her coach Brian Orser, as she could not be in Canada due to the coronavirus pandemic, said coach-choreographer Tracey Wilson, who works with Orser's group. Medvedeva joined the Canadian specialist Orser's group and moved to Toronto after the Pyeongchang Olympics, where she won two silver medals ( one in the team tournament, one in the individual). In the fall of 2020, the skater decided to return to the Eteri Tutberidze group, where she trained earlier. “Due to the (pandemic) covid, she could not skate in Canada, this was a key moment,” Wilson told reporters. “We spoke with her about the future, but at that moment, at the stage of the Grand Prix in Russia, when she made this decision, our skaters from other countries could not return to us yet. «Evgenia is a special person, she trained with us, it was an honor for me to train She's a very important person in the sport, she's been an inspiration to a lot of people since she was a teenager, in our club (in Toronto) she's been an inspiration to a lot of people, she was very good friends with Jason Brown, he's still quite close to her We are very happy for her, for what she is doing,» Wilson said.
