Russian figure skater Kostornaia returns to former coach Tutberidze Tuesday, 9 March 2021
Russian figure skater Alena Kostornaia has returned to Eteri Tutberidze after announcing a split from the coach last August.
Seventeen-year-old Kostornaia revealed she would join an academy run by two-time Olympic champion Evgeni Plushenko last year.
She has now changed her mind about the move, announcing a return to Tutberidze after just six months with Plushenko. When I trained this season at another school, I understood that I could not completely force myself to do something, Kostornaia said according the Russian state news agency
TASS. I understood that if Eteri was there, I would do as much as needed, and even more.