MOSCOW, August 30 Honored coach of the USSR Tatyana Tarasova admitted that she did not want to to be photographed with American journalist Dave Leese out of solidarity with Eteri Tutberidze. Leese, who is the author of The Skating Lesson YouTube channel, published a photo with Tarasova, who came to the United States on personal business.
"I did not communicate with this journalist . Many children were photographed with me, and then he appeared. I got into the car, and Liz must have taken a photo. I don't even know what this American journalist looks like. I don't know him personally. If I knew him by sight, I would never have taken a photo with him. I hate him for offending Eteri Tutberidze so low!" Sport24 quotes Tarasova.
Earlier, Tutberidze sharply criticized Liz after he announced the alleged imminent transfer of the daughter of Russian coach Diana Davis and her partner Gleb Smolkin to the US figure skating team. The skaters in their appeal stated that they remain members of the Russian national team and are waiting for the test skates of the national team, which will take place in September in Moscow, and Tutberidze called the American journalist «shit without conscience and honor.» «You do not respect others, because you yourself have not achieved anything Your statements humiliate the people around you. Be ashamed,» wrote Tutberidze.