MOSCOW, March 2, Anatoly Samokhvalov. The parting with figure skater Alena Kostornaya happened after the initiative of the coaching staff of Eteri Tutberidze, said a source familiar with the situation. Earlier, the source said that the European champion — 2020 moved to the group of Elena Buyanova. «Kostornaya left at the initiative of the coaching staff of Tutberidze,» the source said. Tutberidze until the 2019/20 season, and then moved to Evgeni Plushenko together with Alexandra Trusova for a year, after which she returned to Tutberidze. In December, it became known that Kostornaya had broken her arm, which is why she missed the Russian and European championships and failed to take part in the Olympic Games. In February, the athlete announced that she had again received a fracture.
