Russia's "Ice Queen" in controversy (Beijing Winter Olympics)
China News Service Beijing, February 18 Title: Russia's "Ice Queen" in Controversy
China News Service reporter Zhang Su
At the last moments of the women's singles free skating competition at the Beijing Winter Olympics, The coach of the Russian Olympic Committee team Eteri Tutberidze was the busiest person in the venue.
At about 21:00 on the 17th, the last group of 6 players in the game warmed up on the ice, and Tu special Rize, who was waiting on the sidelines, took over the team uniforms that 3 of the players took off in turn, waiting for the opportunity to tell them a few words. Beginning at 21:25, she first "supervised" Trusova to perform 5 "four jumps" in a set of free skates, then witnessed Serbakova win the full house with unparalleled artistic expression, and finally witnessed Vallieva's repeated mistakes. Seeing her beloved disciple who had won the team competition walk off the ice rink, she rushed over to the ice rink for the first time and asked, "You explain to me why it collapsed after jumping from Axel."
Russian Olympic Committee player Anna Serbakova competes on February 17. On the same day, the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics figure skating women's singles free skating competition was held at the Capital Gymnasium. Photo by Mao Jianjun, reporter of China News Service
It's hard to ignore the presence of Tusirize. She is tall, loves fur coats, and has long curly hair that resembles "instant noodles". Due to the requirements of epidemic prevention, she has been wearing a mask in the Beijing Arena, and she does not smile and is even more cold-eyed.
Born in 1974, Tuti rize began practicing figure skating at the age of 4, retired early due to injury, traveled to many places to earn a living at a young age, and later taught for the "Crystal" figure skating team in Moscow. Although she herself has never won a world championship, she is recognized as the "Ice Queen" in Russian sports.
According to incomplete statistics, before the Beijing Winter Olympics, in just 8 years, the Tusitrizer group has trained at least 2 Olympic champions, 3 world champions and 5 European champions. Among them, the two Olympic champions refer to The Sochi team gold medalist Lipnitskaya and the Pyeongchang singles gold medalist Zagitova.
Pyeongchang Winter Olympics single-player silver medalist Medvedeva is also from the "Tu" family army. However, from the "double baby" dispute with the door 4 years ago to the "matryoshka doll" group fighting today, the huge controversy has always revolved around Tu special Rize.
For example, one of the secrets of her success is "designing shows in strict accordance with the new rules." In recent years, figure skating has used a complex scoring system, and when many coaches don't know how to add up the scores, the Tutsit Rize group has already begun to "brush points".
The new rules add points to the "footwork articulation", and the coaching staff let Lipnitskaya add a wrench type that shows its flexibility before and after each jump, even if it is criticized for being blunt in the programming.
The new rules also suggest a bonus for jumps in the second half, a move that was originally meant to balance the show "top-heavy." Unexpectedly, Totje Riser simply put all the jumps in the second half of the show when choreographing for Zagitova, so that the International Skating Federation urgently "stopped" this speculation after the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.
Winner of the Russian Olympic Committee Anna Serbakova (center), runner-up Russian Olympic Committee player Alexandra Trusova (left), and runner-up Japan's Hanaori Sakamoto present souvenirs on February 17. On the same day, the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics figure skating women's singles free skating competition was held at the Capital Gymnasium, and Anna Serbakova of the Russian Olympic Committee won the women's singles championship. Photo by Mao Jianjun, reporter of China News Service
From the youngest gold medalist in the history of the Winter Olympics, Lipnitskaya, to the "matryoshka dolls" who have swept the major competitions today, what they have in common is that they are young, well-behaved and hardworking. In the eyes of critics, these girls are just "the 'products' of the assembly line of the underage beautiful girl figure skating robot factory" and will be "scrapped" after the Olympic Games.
For example, Zagitova, who witnessed the "coronation" of her sister in Beijing this time, announced her departure from the arena as early as the end of 2019 at the age of 17. The external statement is "lack of competition motivation", in fact, the clear-eyed people know that they are helpless. For example, Lipnitskaya, most of the reports about her in recent years are how the former "genius girl" struggled with anorexia.
Tusit Rize's harsh behavior towards the players was even more controversial. A documentary filmed by Russian television revealed that Medvedeva would always fall at the beginning of learning "three weeks of jumping", and Tuti Rize angrily put it down, picked up his legs and dragged it on the ice, "You like to fall so much, let you fall enough", until the girl cramped and shouted to stop. The head coach is also particularly fond of creating a competitive atmosphere.
On the evening of the 17th in Beijing, Tuti Rize not only repeatedly reprimanded the extremely depressed Valieva, but also cried out after the defeat, "I no longer want to go to ice, I hate this sport", Trusova, she only patted the shoulder of her disciple without changing her face.
Russian Olympic Committee's Camilla Vallieva competes on February 17. On the same day, the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics figure skating women's singles free skating competition was held at the Capital Gymnasium. Photo by Mao Jianjun, reporter of China News Service
Also in the Russian Olympic Committee team that came to Beijing this time was Diana Davis, the daughter of Tutirizer, who eventually finished 14th with her partner. There are reports that Diana, who has high hopes from her mother since childhood, will go to ice even if she has a high fever, and has also cried hysterically on the field.
In any case, the brilliant "record" of the Tusitrezer group has added another stroke. After Serbakova won the title, the Kremlin sent congratulations, with special mention of the merits of the coaching team.
But they can't celebrate yet. The International Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) released information about Vallieva's "doping incident", which made it clear that Valieva tested positive for a sample, the banned substance detected was trimetazide, and the athletes said that they were "mistakenly taken" while caring for their grandfather. The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) are also investigating Vallieva's auxiliaries separately.
"No doping will help players learn to 'jump around' and will not improve their posture, graceful movements and ability to express their musical composition." Touti Rizetser once said so, and firmly believes that "everything can be investigated and a fair verdict can be handed down". Russian figure skater Plushenko spoke out about this, believing in the innocence of coaches and athletes, but to break the "hegemony" of the Tusitrezer group.
Amid the controversy, the "Ice Queen" continued to go far away. Those flower-like girls have left countless tears in the ice rink. (End)