Eteri Tutberidze: would Plushenko become Olympic champion for a fee, as in his academy?

Two-time world champion in women's singles skating Evgenia Medvedeva and her trainer Eteri Tutberidze became guests of MIA "Russia Today", where they openly answered a number of topical issues. Why will Tutberidze's daughter not train with Tatyana Tarasova? Would become the Olympic champion Evgeni Plushenko, enter it on a paid basis in his academy "Angels Plushenko"? The press conference of the famous sportswoman and coach was very bright.

- Evgenia, maybe it's time for you to reveal to Maxim Kovtun, who failed at the team championship of the world, the secret about how not to worry about competitions?

- Medvedeva: I'm so immersed in myself before the performances that sometimes I do not even notice that people are talking to me, and I do not hear anything around me at all. Various factors help me in this. I feel the support of our team, our federation, our coaches. For me, this is certainly important, even though we have an individual sport. In the process of preparation I am supported by a lot of people, for which I am very grateful.

- And are the girls whipping up who are doing next to you on the ice and stamping the quadruple jumps? Like Anna Shcherbakova and Alexandra Trusova.

- Tutberidze: Let them first be stamped at the competitions, and then we will discuss this.

- It seemed that only the forces of nature did not act on Evgenia Medvedeva from the Russian participants of the World Team Championship.

- Tutberidze: As for the team tournament, it was difficult, probably, for the guys to prepare for him as a serious tournament, but Zhenya and I approached him like this: I believe in the base, which is laid in training. If you approach the start as a serious, and not as a holiday, it will work out. And if you allow yourself to relax even for a week, it will immediately affect the outcome.

"How to see our training? Come to the ice rink"

- Medvedeva's production team will not change next season?

- Tutberidze: We have not one Ilya (Averbukh) puts the program. It would be wrong to say so. In fact, we have a large team. At the moment there is work that suits us. Last year, an arbitrary program was set up, which Alexander Fyodorovich (Kogan), General Director of FFKKR, and Alexander Georgievich (Kogan), the president of FFKKR, reviewed and decided to change it. And we, together with Ilya, changed the program. We can not say that he has one director. He is one of the team members who works on programs, on the image, on Zhenya. I'm not going to dismiss anyone from this team, including myself. If something does not work, we'll think about adding someone else. And if everything goes its own way, then ... For this we have eyes, ears.

- Is it worth waiting for the classics in the Olympic season?

- Tutberidze: Let's see. Something can go from this direction. The question is what the audience is waiting for. And the judges are the same spectators.

- Readers of "R-Sport" twitter are asking: will Sergey Dudakov and Daniil Gleichenhaus remain in the coaching team?

- Tutberidze: What do you mean "remain"? It's like a table with three legs - I, Sergey Victorovich, Daniil Markovich. You can not remove any of the legs.

- Medvedeva: It's like a family.

- Why does Sergei Viktorovich so rarely talk to the press?

- Tutberidze: He's just shy. There must be someone shy.

- Parents with children in social networks ask: how can I see your training?

- Tutberidze: To come to the rink. No one has ever been denied this.

- Zhenya, you somehow said that you will reread the entire grandmother's library. At what stage is this process now?

- Medvedeva: Now at the textbooks stage, because this year I have exams. Before the World Cup, I a little bit left my studies and completely devoted myself to sports, and now I need to catch up with the school curriculum. Therefore, I have at this time a period of reading textbooks.

- Tutberidze: ... not departing from the sport.

- Medvedev: Of course, without departing from the sport, because now the off-season, and a lot will have to learn.

- Eteri Georgievna, what helped you, when after returning from America you could not find a job?

- Tutberidze: Love of figure skating. If you want, you will still get it.

- Evgenia more than once said that she plans to learn the elements of the category "ultra-si".

- Tutberidze: We are training in this direction, but there is no point in talking about jumps that have not been made at official competitions. Little girls stamp them in training - well, well. And so we did it (posted a video with four leaps of Anna Shcherbakova and Alexandra Trusova) then, so that they were just pleased.

- Evgenia, we all know about your love for Japanese culture and cuisine. But the Olympics will be in Korea. Do you want to change the menu from Japanese to Korean? Maybe you started looking through some kind of Korean theme for the music in the program?

Tutberidze: If you are leading to Sailor Moon (Medvedeva has an indicative program in the image of the beautiful warrior Sailor Moon, the heroine of the Japanese anime - the commentary of R-Sport), then this is not on

- Eteri Georgievna, how do you feel about the transfer of jump elements to the second part of the program, and does not affect the composition of the program negatively?

- Tutberidze: First, everything depends on the music itself. Sometimes it helps to create a composition, if the music amplifies and when jumps come to places where accents are made, why not? And if during the first two minutes of the program it becomes boring, and then the skating begins and so on ... There must be a complex.

- Evgenia, would you like to perform together with Olympic champion Yudzuru Khanyu on one of the shows?

- Medvedeva: I am inspired by the skating of Yudzuru Khan. I would be happy to perform with him on the Fantasy on Ice show, if the organizers allow. But I can only go to the last show (from this series), because I have exams.

- Evgenia, you have a question from social networks about whether the discomfort is creating competition in the group between you and Alina Zagitova?

- Medvedeva: For me, competition is always good, to see how my rivals work, my future rivals. I understand what kind of bar you need to ask yourself. I know that I still have a lot to learn. Competition does not irritate me, but it spurs me.

- Eteri Georgievna, does Evgenia plan to perform in team competitions at the 2018 Olympic Games?

- Tutberidze: About the performance in the team form it is necessary to ask not from me, but from the federation.

"But your opinion will be asked."

- Tutberidze: First, you need to get to them in the form when they ask my opinion. It is important to come up in the appropriate form in order to qualify for the team tournament. I understand that the schedule will be the same as at the last Olympics, and the girls will have more than enough time to recover (between team competitions and tournament in women's single skating). This is a responsible tournament for the team and girls, but it's not for us to determine. But we are ready.

- What do you say about the new duet "(coach Evgeni) Plushenko - (skater Adeline) Sotnikova"? Is there a prospect?

- Tutberidze: They should show themselves first, and then one can ask such questions. If the athlete wants to get a second, third breath, then he needs to wish good luck.

- What stages of the Grand Prix next season would you like to visit most?

- Tutberidze: We have not discussed this yet. I think that on May 3 we will write a plan, because, in my opinion, on May 5 we are passing plans (training in FFKKR). It is necessary to decide that it is convenient in time.

- Does Eteree Georgievna Evgenia help with the choice of hairstyle and image?

- Medvedeva: Always. Because if something is wrong with the hair, then - "go, redo it." Both for make-up and for style, Eteri Georgievna always helps me.

Plushenko announced his price. 60 thousand rubles per hour for the occupation personally with him.

- Tutberidze: And who will overcome this price? And if he had been announced this price, would he have become an Olympic champion? When money is combined with opportunities - it's great. But this is one of a million. I have athletes with complex family situations, or moved from somewhere. We support them. The same Polina Tsurskaya, Alina Zagitova. These girls are breadwinners in the family. I have those that combine money, opportunities, talent and desire, while there was not.

- Alexei Nikolaevich Mishin said more than once that he prefers to work with two middle-aged boys than with one talented girl. You are better at working with girls than with boys. Why?

- Tutberidze: I understand more girls, they are more ready for work for me. The job is explained - the job is completed. It's more difficult with boys. They want to feel that they are loved. They want to be pitied. Begin to demonstratively "kill" with single and double jumps for this. But sorry - it's not about me.

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