Moscow respects International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach, but "does not necessarily agree with him." This was stated by the press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov, RBC correspondent reports.
“Well, listen, Thomas Bach is a very, very authoritative person in world sports, of course, we respect his opinion, but we don’t necessarily agree with him,” Peskov said, answering a question about how he assesses Bach’s statement regarding the coach Eteri Tutberidze and figure skater Kamila Valieva.
The presidential press secretary noted that the head of the IOC does not like the "toughness of our coaches." “But everyone knows that in the sport of high performance, the rigidity of the requirements is the key to the success of students,” added Peskov, who is married to Olympic ice dancing champion and two-time world champion figure skater Tatyana Navka.
He offered to be proud of "our winners" and congratulate "our medalists".
WADA considered the CAS decision on Valieva to be rewriting the anti-doping code Olympics 2022 On the morning of February 18, Bach, during a press conference, commented on Tutberidze's appeal to Valieva immediately after her performance in the individual championship at the Olympics. The head of the IOC said he did not understand "how you can be so cold towards this girl." “I saw how coldly the coaches greeted her from the ice. They did not create comfort for her, they spoke to her very coldly. It just shocked me, it was some kind of disconnection gesture. For me, this is a strong impression,” he said.
Valieva was the leader of the Olympics after the short program in the individual competition. But in the free program she made two falls and eventually took fourth place (224.09). Russian Anna Shcherbakova (255.95 points) became the champion in women's single skating, her compatriot Alexandra Trusova (251.73) became the second (251.73), the Japanese Kaori Sakamoto (233.13) became the third.
Tutberidze made remarks to Valieva about skating in a free program at the Beijing Olympics immediately after she left the ice. “What did you let go of everything? Why did you stop wrestling at all, explain? Somewhere after the axel, you let go at all, ”Tutberidze told her pupil.
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