MOSCOW, March 2 2020 European figure skating champion Alena Kostornaya said that coach Eteri Tutberidze initiated her departure from the group. Earlier, a source said that the breakup with Kostorna was at the initiative of Tutberidze's coaching staff. The figure skater moved to the group of Elena Buyanova.
"It was not my initiative, Eteri Georgievna (Tutberidze) decided so", Kostornaya wrote in the comments on Instagram.
Kostornaya is 18 years old, she was engaged in the Tutberidze group 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.