“I thought she would say something, scold me, but she just watched me with her eyes.” Artem Frolov on how he dropped his noodles in the locker room on his first day of training with Tutberidze.

Figure skater Artem Frolov recounted how Tutberidze caught him in an awkward situation.

original source: Sport24

Artem Frolov competes in ice dance, and before the 2019/20 season, he competed in singles skating and trained in Eteri Tutberidze’s group from 2016 to 2019. He recalled how Tutberidze caught him in an awkward situation. Here’s a translation.

“I was transitioning to ‘Khrystalny’ [skating rink], and I was very scared of Eteri Georgievna Tutberidze because I had heard stories. On the first training day, I was thinking about how not to mess up. During a break, Ilia Skirda and I went to the store and bought a champion’s set: instant noodles and an energy drink. We were sitting in the locker room, watching some video with the plates on our laps. I decided to tease Ilia a bit by nudging him. Eventually, I lost control of my leg, everything spilled, and at that moment, Eteri Georgievna walked in. Right in front of her, I picked everything up from the floor and went to throw it out. I thought she would say something, scold me, but she just watched me with her eyes,” Artem Frolov said.

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