MOSCOW, July 27 Olympic figure skating champion Pyeongchang Alina Zagitova said, that Eteri Tutberidze once kicked her out of training. According to Zagitova, this happened after her injuries. «Eteri Georgievna says I was lazy. When I got into the Tutberidze group, it seemed to me that I was squeezing the maximum out of myself. But, apparently, this was not enough. I started to get some triple jumps. And then in training I broke my wrist. After that, I went to the competition with a special splint, but I also broke my leg there. I returned home to Izhevsk with two plasters — to recover from injuries. When the plasters were removed, I trained a little in my hometown and went back to Moscow. And at the very first training session, Eteri Georgievna said: «I'm kicking you out,» Zagitova said in an interview with 7days.ru. «Of course, I was very upset. But what was I to do? I switched to another coach at the same rink — Anna Tsareva. She took me through such a difficult period, I am very grateful to her. But I didn't get much. I decided to return home to Izhevsk. My grandmother and I bought a bouquet, came to Eteri Georgievna to give flowers, thank her, say goodbye and say: «We are leaving Moscow, thank you for everything.» And she says, «Let's try again.» Why she made such a decision, I don’t know,” added the skater. Zagitova won the gold of the 2018 Olympic Games in South Korean Pyeongchang in single skating, and also took silver in team competitions, in addition, the 19-year-old skater is the 2019 world champion in Japanese Saitama Zagitova has not competed professionally since the 2019/20 season.
