Is that true? He started working with them in 2010 which was 12 years ago. Did Tutberidze's Junoir skaters start tearing up the Jr circuit soon after?
In 2008-2009, the JGP Finalists were Kristine Musademba (USA), Yukiko Fujisawa (JPN) Alexe Gilles (USA), Kanako Murakami (JPN), Amanda Dobbs (USA), Becky Bereswill (USA), Angela Maxwell (USA) and Diane Szmiett (CAN). No Russians.
In 2009-2010, the JGP Finalists were Kanako Murakami (JPN), Polina Shelepen (RUS - Eteri student), Kiri Baga (USA), Angela Maxwell (USA), Ksenia Makarova (RUS - USA export), Christina Gao (USA), Anna Ovcharova (RUS) and Ellie Kawamura (USA).
In 2010-2011, the JGP Finalists were Sotnikova (RUS), Tuktamysheva (RUS), Shoji (JPN), Shelepen (RUS - Eteri), Gao (USA), Siraj (USA), Gong (USA) *Baga (USA- WD) * Zijun Li (CHN replacement athlete).
So Russia begins to emerge in 2009-2010. Eteri has two athletes in reduced final of six skaters in 2011-2012 (Shelepen & Lipnitskaya). Russia has four finalists in 2013-2014, two of whom are Eteri's athletes. Japan keeps pace with Russia 2014-2016. Eteri hits her stride in the 2017-2018 season with four athletes in the JGP final (and Russia also has Samodurova in that final) which she repeats in 2018-2019. In 2019-2020, Russia continues its stranglehold on the top, but Eteri only has two out of the four Russian JGP Final qualifiers (Valieva, Usacheva). They are both on podium in the final, though.
What I want to know is whether the good doctor worked with more figure skating schools than just Eteri's program.
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