Kamila Valieva has made #Olympics history by landing two quadruple jumps. Valieva and the rest of Russia's “Quad Squad” all work with the same coach: Eteri Tutberidze.
But the coach’s training methods have been under a microscope for years. 👇
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But the coach’s training methods have been under a microscope for years. 👇
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Between the team, pair, and three athletes individual events, Tutberidze could have a hand in as many as five Olympic medals in Beijing — an unthinkable achievement for most coaches.
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But prominent Russian coaches have gone so far as to refer to Tutberidze's athletes as "disposable" or "perishable goods," and see her as trading on her athletes' health in exchange for medals for Russia.
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Excessive pressure to compete at a young age shortens skaters' careers, and deprives athletes of being able to mature into fully-developed artists, according to Benoit Richaud, the leading choreographer among quad-less competitors.
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Two of the three women on Tutberidze's "Quad Squad" are nursing unspecified injuries that might be due to overtraining. Two others were left behind in Russia because they recently broke bones.
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For roughly the last decade, Tutberidze's rink in Moscow has been churning out very young, very compact, virtuosic female champions.
Her athletes win by performing difficult jumps such as quads, but burn out dramatically as they go through puberty.
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Her athletes win by performing difficult jumps such as quads, but burn out dramatically as they go through puberty.
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Prepubescent girls have the perfect strength-to-weight ratio to complete rotations without the vertical spring and power of a matured jumper.
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Tutberidze's athletes' prime medal-winning years coincide with this period of development.
Figure skating coaches generally try to avoid training potential competitors; but Tutberidze has made it a central part of her winning strategy.
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Figure skating coaches generally try to avoid training potential competitors; but Tutberidze has made it a central part of her winning strategy.
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The depth of talent at her rink is so great that 19 of the top 20 highest women's scores recorded by the International Skating Union were posted by five Tutberidze students.
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It's easy to forget that Tutberidze's dominance marks a significant shift in the world standings: the American women's figure skating heyday of the ‘90s.
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