St. Petersburg, Oct 4, Andrey Simonenko. Coach Evgeny Rukavitsyn said that figure skater Maria Talalaikina was returning to his group and would compete for Russia. Earlier, a source said that Talalaikina asked Rukavitsyn to take her back to the group in which she trained until the summer of 2021. Talalaikina spent the past season in Italy, she was going to play for this country, in December 2021, the Russian Figure Skating Federation (FFKKR) gave her the go-ahead to change sports citizenship. At the end of May of this year, Talalaikina supported Elizaveta Nugumanova on social networks, who also trained with Rukavitsyn and announced the insults she was allegedly subjected to in her coach's group. «Yes, Talalaikina expressed a desire to train again in my group. I agreed. She will play for Russia Galina Kashina will be involved in her training process,» Rukavitsyn said. Talalaikina is 20 years old, she is a winner of international tournaments, stages of the Russian Cup and the Russian Cup Final. Rukavitsyn works at the Academy of Figure Skating in St. Petersburg, European champion Dmitry Aliev, European vice-champion Artur Danielyan, silver medalist of the Russian Championship Makar Ignatov, participant of the Olympic Games in Beijing Anastasia Gubanova are training in his group.
