The winner of the 2016 Youth Olympic Games, Russian figure skater Polina Tsurskaya, following Yevgenia Medvedeva, left from coach Eteri Tutberidze.

"I have completed the cooperation with Eteri Georgievna," Tsurskaya said by telephone to the RIA Novosti news agency, the 16-year-old figure skater practiced with Tutberidze from 2013. Under the guidance of the coach, Tsurskaya won not only the Youth Olympic Games, but also the Russian Championship and the Grand Prix Final among juniors in the 2015/16 season. Last season, Pauline recovered from injury, took only the fifth place in the Russian championship in St. Petersburg and did not qualify for the Olympics in Pyeongchang. Earlier today, Evgeniya Medvedev, two-time world champion and European figure skating champion, winner of two silver medals of the 2018 Olympics officially announced that she is leaving Etere Tutberidze and begins training with Brian Orser in Canada.

At the same time, Medvedev said that she will not change her citizenship and will continue to speak for Russia, the Federation of Skating Federation of the Russian Federation. Medvedev's decision caused a storm of comments both on the Web and among specialists. the professionals agreed that the 18-year-old Eugenia left Tutberidze, with whom she worked for 11 years, as she began to give too much of her professional attention to 15-year-old Alina Zagitova, who won the gold of the Olympics in Pyeongchang.