Plushenko to Resume His Eligibility to skate ISU Competitions

[Ladskater]

Is he kidding? With all the young new talent hitting the ice, he will have his work cut out for him to keep up. I would imagine his goal his to skate at the Sochi Olympics. Oh dear....

[janetfan]

Is he kidding? With all the young new talent hitting the ice, he will have his work cut out for him to keep up. I would imagine his goal his to skate at the Sochi Olympics. Oh dear....

Stranger things have happened and the Russian federation is not exactly full of world class Men at the moment.

I still think Plushy commands the ice like no one else and with a bit of tweaking (not to mention politics) he can still be a force and podium contender.

Chan might fall four times and beat Oda but that would never happen against Plushy.

Why......?? Because it is the sport of figure skating

[Tonichelle]

Is he kidding? With all the young new talent hitting the ice, he will have his work cut out for him to keep up. I would imagine his goal his to skate at the Sochi Olympics. Oh dear....

Browning tried one last time... Boitano came back "past his prime"... in 94... they didn't podium, but they were memorable... if he isn't crippled let him skate.

[seniorita]

Is he kidding? With all the young new talent hitting the ice, he will have his work cut out for him to keep up. I would imagine his goal his to skate at the Sochi Olympics. Oh dear....

from his interview after reistatement (it is audio), he is in Germany for two surgeries, one knee, one spine (i dont know what kind )

Well, nothing, most important for me than to be healthy. There is a willpower, plus character, the dream is there, there is the desire to win again, to please the audience. I want to change the stereotype of skaters, so that they skate much longer, and not left with 20 years of age from the competitions. The skaters have develope, made some new programs, showed new images to the viewer....
It is very difficult to sacrifice everything, for the sake of sport. You every day training?
- Certainly. Two or three times a day. Before the surgery, I trained together with my team, with Alexei Mishin in Kislovodsk. Off-ice training. And there began to hurt me leg, so we came to Germany. Now, after the intervention in the spine, I will get out from this black hole and proceed with training.
I will work, not how I worked before, than I will work much more, because figure skating gone too far in terms of new skaters, in terms of skating, in terms of steps, in terms of techniques. Take, for example, Patrick Chan, Takahiko Kazuko, our Arthur Gachinski, and Menshov is also our a good athlete - they already jumps several quads. For example, Arthur Gachinski jumping already three different quads!
So, I have a lot of work, and I know that it is very difficult. I understand that it will be very difficult to achieve the results which I have had, but I want to try. Maybe the first season will be, as they say: "failed pancakes". Whereas maybe other grow and succeed. At least, we already have found images for the Short and Free programs.

Another info, Tom Dickson works with Mishin Camp in Spain right now.

[dorispulaski]

Kat Witt's "Where are all the Flowers Gone" and Robin Hood SP were some of the highlights of the 1994 Olympics for me. It didn't matter that she was not a serious contender any more.

[ciocio]

Unfortunately, I have never enjoyed his skating. He did do big jumps which to me are not artistic but certainly valid on the tech side. The pompous air about him attracted a lot of screaming girls, which I believe made the judges nervous.

I´ve just informed my mother, my aunt and my grandma that they´re screaming girls and they looked very happy. Now that Plushy´s back they suddenly feel rejuvenated.

[Jaana]

I wonder if Plushenko will withdraw from a competition because of an injury (and skate in a show instead in the same time frame) again as getting the eligibility back seems to be so easy?

[ciocio]

I wonder if Plushenko will withdraw from a competition because of an injury (and skate in a show instead in the same time frame) again as getting the eligibility back seems to be so easy?

Probably, he will lose his eligibility and get reinstated 1000000 times until Sochi.

[Neda]

I also think it was too easy. He should have been locked in a monastery to spend a year in fasting, prayer and repentance.

[seniorita]

^ LOL!

I wonder if Plushenko will withdraw from a competition because of an injury (and skate in a show instead in the same time frame) again as getting the eligibility back seems to be so easy?

According to ISU rules of the same link Mathman posted, you can apply and can get reinstated only ONCE, thats UNO. ONE. etc in this lifetime. Dont know about the next.

[ImaginaryPogue]

Neda, between that and the story of the Dragon, you clearly rock.

I am curious, though, to see how much of a committment he's willing to make to competing in terms of the number of events he'll attend. If he did three (CoR or Nationals, Euros, and Worlds) I think he'd be okay.

[bsfan]

Plushenko had asked for permission from his federation because they are the one to give it for shows and got it first place, as well as all the skaters in KOI who were to compete at worlds, like Weir for example. Then Plushenko withdrew, like Weir for example and ISU threatened RF to take back his permission unlike Weir for example. The RF page announced that they forbid Plushenko to skate in KOI cause they didnt want ISU to mess with any concequences for russian team..
By then Plushenko had been openingly supporting Anton S. for RF president and not Piseev. Whatever is been said about disregard to rules, i doubt anyone would withdrew from their own show 3 days before because their permission was gotten back. Besides he had done it in Prague in 2004 (same time I think when Kwan was told not to skate in a show) and withdrew from a show and went to courts with organisers and had to explain to an upset audience. I m sure he was aware this time as also back in prague of the conseequences and chose to skate in the show this time.
So Evgeni withdrew from worlds and skated to koi, other skaters skipped worlds and went to Dancing with the Stars or KOI, the only difference is that their federation backed them up in their decision.

Thanks for explaining the case. I just have a question: from the description, it seems to me that it was ISU that threatened RF to take back his permission but not threatened USFSA or Canada's for their skaters. So ISU treated federations differently?

[seniorita]

Sorry, that was my personal judgement about the different federations, really I dont know what they said with the rest federations and their skaters, I know what RF wrote in their homepage and I only judged by the result. ISU demanded the permission from RF citating they needed time to exam his medical papers due to withdrawing from injury. My only objection is that ISU doesnt say inside their rules that it is ok to withdraw for personal reasons, or any other reason with no consequences, Weir withdrew around the same time for just personal reasons and skated in the same KOI also after Worlds , but from injury it needs further investigation and while so the skater cannot skate.
Anyway it is old news now.

[SkateFiguring]

Interview with Alexander Lakernik, who is the Vice-President of the Russian National Figure Skating Federation, member of the International Skating Union and a well-respected figure skating judge:

http://english.ruvr.ru/2011/06/20/52120950.html

[Joesitz]

Interview with Alexander Lakernik, who is the Vice-President of the Russian National Figure Skating Federation, member of the International Skating Union and a well-respected figure skating judge:

http://english.ruvr.ru/2011/06/20/52120950.html

Thank you SkateFiguring. That is a fascinating read about Plushenko. however, the new Oly Team Competition was even more fascinating. Correct me, please if I do not understand it.

How will the 10 Teams qualify to be in the SP? or is this Open for all Olympians?

From the 10 Teams, the top 5 SP finishers will proceed to the Free Skate,

Since we have already seen the SPs and LPs of all the contestants for the Olys, will the Team Trophy be a separate event with the same contestants?

from his interview after reistatement (it is audio), he is in Germany for two surgeries, one knee, one spine (i dont know what kind )

Horrors! Plush is facing 2 major surgeries before he gets competitive again. Torn meniscus is difficult to fix, and if his spine has become misalligned as what happened to America's quad king, together those surgeries will be problematic even if successful. senorita - Please keep us informed about this.