Beijing time on February 20 news, a few days ago around the Russian and Austrian team 15-year-old girl Vallieva has a lot of discussion. After she made a mistake in the free skate, she was not comforted, but also accused by coach Tut Berryeser of "why did you give up", which caused the dissatisfaction of IOC President Bach. At the same time, Savchenko, the gold medalist in figure skating at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, broke the news that when she practiced figure skating in her early years, if she did not do well, there would be coaches who beat her and tortured her, and ate very little.
Savchenko won the gold medal with his partner Masot at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, overpowering China's Sui Wenjing/Han Cong. In an interview, Savchenko spoke of dark moments in the early years of his career. Safchenko said: "If I don't do well, there are coaches who will hit me on the head with mats, and there are coaches who will shoot me with water guns on the icy ice rink. My coach only gave us very little food. It's like a punishment: get up in the morning, weigh yourself first, then eat only a little, eat salad for lunch, and eat nothing at night. ”
Safchenko also said that if he was really hungry, he could only steal something to eat: "Sometimes, when we are really hungry, we steal things from the canteen and hide and eat, there is no other way." Indeed, to be successful, one must be self-disciplined. But you also have to know where the limits of your patience are. The coach told me you had to lose weight, and I asked how to lose weight? They say that if you eat, you just put two fingers in your mouth and spit it out. There was also a coach who forced me to train, even if my body couldn't do it. But we are people, not machines. ”
Savchenko competed in the World Youth Championships as early as 1998, and 20 years later, at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, she and her fourth partner Masot fulfilled her dream, when she was 34 years old, which can be called a living fossil on the figure skating field. It can be said that Savchenko's words are highly credible. Because Tut Berize's club does strictly require players to stay in shape and train a lot. Because of this, even if the club has achieved great results, it has always been controversial.
Just as Bach described Tutberidze's treatment of 15-year-old Vallieva as "chilling," if a sport is achieved at the expense of the mental health and physical health of athletes, the sport loses its relevance. Savchenko also expressed the hope that Vallieva's tragic story can spark discussions about changes in matters such as the age of the contestants.