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This is really disturbing from the BBC article, the level of abuse in this sport must be unreal

Tutberidze has overseen something of a production line in successful young Russian skaters in recent years at the Sambo-70 club in Moscow - including new Olympic champion Anna Shcherbakova and silver medallist Alexandra Trusova, who are both 17.

Before them, there was 2018 champion Alina Zagitova, who was 15 when she won gold and 2018 silver medallist Evgenia Medvedeva, who was 18. Meanwhile, Yulia Lipnitskaya, was 15 when she won team gold at Sochi 2014.

They have either all retired while still teenagers or gone on a break from the sport with no return imminent.

And from the way Trusova was speaking on Thursday after her silver medal, she may soon be another name to add to the list of early retirements.

"I hate this sport, I hate this sport, I hate all of it. I won't go to the medal ceremony... I don't want to go," she was overheard saying angrily before later composing herself at a news conference and adding: "Of course these were only emotions and I'll think it over and later on I'll take a decision what I'm going to do in the future."