MOSCOW, Oct 1, Svetlana Bonopartova. Evaluate figure skater Alexandra Trusova's transition to a coach Svetlana Sokolovskaya stands only after the results at the competition, Olympic champion, four-time world champion Alexei Yagudin said. On Saturday, a source said that the silver medalist of the 2022 Olympic Games in Beijing, Trusova, had switched from coach Eteri Tutberidze to Sokolovskaya. The reasons for the transition 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 don’t appreciate this decision at all. Why the choice was made in favor of Sokolovskaya, I have no idea. the correctness of the transition will be shown by the results at future competitions. — said Yagudin. 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.
