Figure skating Russia’s controversial coach allegedly forced his young protector into the trash: “Trash belongs there”

Figure skating coach Ether Etherberidzen violent methods against his underage protesters have taken the storm after he harshly ripped a 15-year-old Kamila Valijeva At the Beijing Olympics.

Former top skater Polina Shuboderova told about the treatment he received in a live interview on Instagram. The German told me about the interview Bild-leaves.

Shuboderova, 19, claimed in an interview that Tutberidze forced her to sit in a trash can after poor training.

“Garbage is rubbish,” Shuboderova says the coach said.

This is not the first time Shubodoreva has talked about Tutberidze’s methods. As early as 2019, he broke the serious problems of coaching.

“Even if you get tired or injured, you have to go to the ice and work. Even if two toes are broken, you have to go do the same thing a hundred times. If necessary, two hundred. ”

Shudoboreva says she has suffered from huge toe pain. Tutberidze has openly stated that he trains his protesters up to 12 hours a day. According to Shubodoreva, no one in Tutberidze’s group will last long.

“It was really painful. I couldn’t even wear running shoes. My toes were blue. Still I kept jumping. In America, I would have been hospitalized and put to rest for a month. ”

No one dares to resist in the fear of a fluff coach.

“He says it all to the athlete directly. He says things face to face. It doesn’t matter if you are 12 or 16 years old. She rarely talks to her parents. ”

Tutberidze plagued 15-year-old Valijeva in front of TV cameras in Beijing.

“Why did you give up? Explain to me why. Why did you stop fighting? You gave it up after the Axel jump, ”Tutberidze’s first words belonged to Valijeva, who was completely broken.

Even the chairman of the IOC of the International Olympic Committee Thomas Bach matured to criticize Tutberidhe. Bach said he was very disturbed by what he saw.

Tutberidze received support from his colleague From Alexander Zhulin, who rebuked Bach for his words. He sent a thank you on Instagram.

“I am grateful for your support. Until now, I have been completely obsessed with Mr. Bach’s assessment of our work, ”Tutberidze wrote in response to Zhulin’s message.

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