The famous coach Rafael Harutyunyan, who brought up a whole pleiad of skaters-champions, made an unexpected confession. In an interview with The Japan Times he stated that Evgenia Medvedev had made the right move when she left Etere Tutberidze for Canadian coach Bayan Orser. "Eugene took a better decision than Julia (Lipnitskaya)," - assured Harutyunyan. According to the coach, Medvedev's act was quite predictable. "This always happens with the skaters with whom this group of coaches is engaged. When they grow up, very young children appear immediately, and these people seem to be pushed out of the nest, "Arutyunyan stated.. He believes that Eugene will be hard to adapt to life in Canada. Here is another culture and another approach to training, explained Harutyunyan. In the States and Canada, compared with Russia, athletes more responsibly should approach what they do. At the same time, the mentor hopes that Medvedev will be able to get used to the new situation. "It will be difficult for her and Brian, but given the current situation, this is the best solution for her," Harutyunyan stressed.. Rafael Harutyunyan - the trainer of the current world champion Nathan Chen, worked with Mao Asad, Michal Brezina and other outstanding figure skaters. The fact that the two-time world champion, the silver medalist of the 2018 Olympics Evgeny Medvedev left his coach, Eteri Tutberidze, it became known on May 7. The news sparked heated discussion both on the Web and among professionals. It is known that Eugene will train in Toronto with the Canadian mentor Brian Orser, but will not change citizenship.

Medvedev's choice caused professional jealousy among Russian specialists. So, Ilya Averbukh told "Sport-Express": "I do not like Orser's statements, which starts to give comments, using the political underpinnings. That poor Zhenya did not have the right to vote, that she was so unhappy - she did only the instructions of the coach. "Averbukh recalled that for 4 years he was the director of the programs of the figure skater and advised Orser to start work with respectful statements about her previous coaches and choreographers.