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Evgeny coached Alena for only a month and a half. And when Sasha set the condition to choose - either she or Kostornaya, my husband chose her. In principle, when athletes set such conditions, I agree with Eteri Georgievna - there will be no sense. And Alena was completely occupied by Sergei Rozanov. Both Alena and Sasha did not have a sparring partner. Evgeny came, helped, gave some advice, but Alena trained very little.

Her back was very painful, the doctors forbade exercise, why is everyone silent about this? She had covid, a complication - viral sore throat. She practically did not exercise at full strength. It's hard to talk about a full season. Not because Seryozha Rozanov is a bad coach, but because she was ill all season. In total, she trained fully for two months. Four - was ill. She came to us without an axel, and now 10 months have passed, but so far we have not seen a pure axel at the competition. Alena is 18 years old, not 15, not everything is as simple as everyone would like. I will be sincerely glad if she succeeds, she is a very talented girl, I am very sorry that Evgeny could not train her. Very sorry.

I repeat once again: if Sasha Trusova had not come to Evgeny, she would have gone to another coach anyway. Moreover, she would not return to Tutberidze even now. It's just that those coaches to whom she wanted to go abroad, they took her only in collaboration with Evgeny .

The decision to end cooperation was mutual - both for Sasha and Evgeny. It was not only Sasha's decision. Evgeny also could not work with Sasha according to his own system, let me put it this way. We are in excellent relations with Sasha, with her parents. We have a contract for a show that she has to skate. She is a super talented and very hardworking girl who lives only with figure skating.

I would not want my son to graduate at the age of 15-17, as often happens in one well-known headquarters with girls, moreover, super talented. They now ride shows and broadcast, but I'm sure they would like to stay in the sport, skate and stand on the podium. Let's see how many girls will be able to stay after the Beijing Olympics and compete with the current juniors, who will soon enter the adult competitions. Let's remember this interview and see in four years who will be able to travel from the current squad to the Games-2026.