Around Bach's criticism of the coach of Russian figure skater Vallieva, according to the news of "Russia Today" (RT) on the 18th, the coach himself Tuberize came forward on the 18th to respond, and she said that Bach's criticism made her feel overwhelmed.
Because of Bach's public criticism, Tubelize has been criticized online. The famous Russian figure skating coach Alexander Julin posted a long article on social media Instagram on the 18th in support of Tubelize, who then left a message under this article in response, thanking for this support, she also said, "At this moment, the evaluation of our work by the distinguished Mr. Bach still makes me feel overwhelmed and confused."
On the evening of February 17, the Beijing Winter Olympics figure skating women's singles free skating competition ended at the Capital Gymnasium, and the women's single skating rankings of the Winter Olympics were produced: Serbakova and Trusova of the Russian Olympic Committee team won gold and silver medals, and Japan's Kamila Vallieva, who was temporarily ranked first after the anti-short program of Sakamoto Hanaori, won the bronze medal.
In the women's single skating free skating competition held on the evening of the 17th, Vallieva made many mistakes, shed tears many times during the competition, and finally ranked fourth in the overall result. At that time, after walking off the ice rink, Vallieva was sobbing in the "kissing and crying" area, and her coach Tubelize asked: "Why did you give up?" Tell me, why? Why don't you continue? You gave up after that Axel jumped for three weeks, why? ”
However, this scene made some people feel too harsh. At a press conference held earlier on Friday on the 18th, IOC President Bach said that He was confused by Vallieva's coach's harsh reaction afterwards. "Later I saw how her close entourage treated her... It's chilling to see these. "Not only did you not comfort her, but you did not try to help her, but you made people feel this chilling atmosphere and sense of distance."
In the face of doubts and dissatisfaction, Kegong came forward to respond on the 18th. According to the report, Kgong said that it was the harshness of Coach Vallieva that allowed the Russian players to win medals. "Thomas Bach is a very authoritative person in the world of sports. We certainly respect his opinion, but we do not necessarily agree with him. Kremlin spokesman Peskov told reporters on a conference call later in the day. He didn't like the harshness of our coaches, but everyone knew that in high-level sports, the harshness of coaches was the key to athletes' victory.