MOSCOW, Oct 1, Alexander Sergeev. Head of the Sambo Sports and Education Center -70 «Renat Laishev said that the change of coach would not give anything new to Russian figure skater Alexandra Trusova. On Saturday, a source said that the silver medalist of the 2022 Olympic Games in Beijing, Trusova, had switched from coach Tutberidze to Svetlana Sokolovskaya. The reasons for the transfer of the 18-year-old athlete are unknown. At the end of September, she performed at the test skates of the Russian national team, representing the Tutberidze group. «I am not aware of this transition, but this will not give her anything new. This is the age-old question of the coach and student. Sasha (Trusova) was already leaving, then returning. Now it's better You can’t find a coach for Tutberidze,” Laishev said. Trusova trained with Tutberidze throughout her junior and a significant part of her adult career. In the 2020/21 season, she studied at the academy of two-time Olympic champion Evgeni Plushenko, after which she decided to return to Tutberidze. Trusova's assets, in addition to the silver of the Olympics, are also two golds of the junior world championships and bronze of the adult world and European championships. Trusova is the first figure skater in history to land five quadruple jumps in one program.
