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Evgeni Plushenko

Sweet Dream

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With the approaching Winter Games, the tension and pressure under which those skaters are training on a daily basis is growing much stronger than ever. Yet, my interest in these Games is lost because of all the same old boring programs presented so far in 4 disciplines. :rolleyes:😞 Maybe my expectations are too high or I am growing out of this sport gradually. Hopefully things will change with time. :cautious:

Here I would like to say a few words for Yana. As a loving mother and wife, her reaction to those attacks on her loved ones is very natural and understandable. I don't think they are the type of people who are willing to swallow any public insult like a fool. I could not stop laughing when such big names as Mishin, Tchaikovskaya, Orser, Harutyunyan and Morozov were mentioned by Yana to contradict the TAT's version on Sasha's potential as a skater... :ROFLMAO: Yana, such a strong and supportive mother! 👏 Russians should at least understand some basic rules when dealing with any arguments or issues between grown-ups: Never get their kids involved!

As for the part about Trusova and Kostornaya, I don't know if it is all right or at the wrong time, but silence is not always golden. They suffered some big loss due to their transfer, which cannot simply be measured with money, and it will never be that easy to skip over this page until the truth is finally voiced.

After watching some of his training clips, only one word can be used to describe my feelings: Exhausting! 😩😟🤔 If I were him, I would never choose this path. In other words, Plushy's painstaking efforts and devotion to this sport should be treated with great respect instead of ruthless attacks & brainless jeers.
 
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Alex Fedorov

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To say I'm annoyed is an understatement, the stupid Russian media just couldn't leave well enough alone, nooooo they needed draaaama. And who better to pick on than Yana, a known responder to crappy comments about herself and her family (can you blame her though? Really?) It was like shooting fish in a barrel.
Yes you are right. One gets the impression that this scandal has become something of a replacement for the Grand Prix finals. Since the competition was canceled, then at least we will fight inside ourselves.
 

anonymoose_au

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Hello fellow Plushy fans!

Well I'm just returning from my first skating session in the new skates I bought! Sadly I totally mistimed and showed up in the middle of the all-day mega session before the Zamboni had done it's smoothing. It was very rough ice indeed, but I stayed around for the resurfacing and got a good 10 minutes of skating on the freshly smoothed ice 🥰

I swear if I won the lotto the first thing I'd do is set up my own little skating rink.

Enough about me though, there's Plushy related news afoot!

There was a presentation for the uniforms of the Russian team at the 2022 Olympics by Zasport and guess who was invited?

https://www.instagram.com/angelsofplushenko/tv/CXT-GgYgqKw - Plushy and five Angels! They were Nastya Z, Kirill S, Sofia M, Nika and Sofia T 😇 According to the translation they represented the 5 Olympic Rings, how cool! Plushy obviously represented sheer awesomeness of course 😉

https://www.instagram.com/rudkovskayaofficial/tv/CXT7cKHsoTm - Plushy and Sasha closing the show ☺️

Torino Show

This might be in an Insta Link from a previous post, but you can never have too much Plushy in Blue skating to Tosca performed live on violin by Edvin Marton


Adorableness!

https://www.instagram.com/p/CXRLM_SNFUK/ - Plushy and the Director 🤗 This is too cute seriously, look at Arseniy's little face!

It was Yuzu's Birthday on the 7th

https://www.instagram.com/tv/CXL_MczoQIQ - Sasha's well-wishes

https://www.instagram.com/tv/CXL-nrng_xr - Plushy's well-wishes - Fanboy Yuzu is the best.

Yana Stuff

https://www.instagram.com/p/CXRhcWEtmB3 - At the Bolshoi.

Well my bus stop is coming up shortly so I'll wrap this up here.

Until next time!
 
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anonymoose_au

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Hello fellow Plushy fans!

Alas I've neglected the thread again and I have exciting news! I finally fixed my fish tank's water issues and on Sunday I got my Fishenko!

I was aiming for a green tailed one, this guy is more blue, but I guess that's apt with Plushy's costume at skating shows :laugh: IMG_20211216_214627_675.jpg

Apart from that things are a bit concerning...my state's Government decided that even with Omicron on the loose it's a great time to open the place up to the un-vaxxed and you don't even need to wear masks unless you're on public transport, in an airplane or an airport. The mind boggles...

Anyway enough about me, there's important Coachshenko news afoot!

https://www.instagram.com/alisa_yuanovna/p/CXgrCVlokTJ - With the Academy's youngest student (1 year and 9 months) Alisa Yuanovna. Awwww 🤗

Sasha Shenanigans

https://www.instagram.com/tv/CXgmdypgyhF - This is cute! I'm never sure who the white dog is...apart from super photogenic :laugh:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CXdQv5GI0Ef and https://www.instagram.com/p/CXYTQitoVpF - Practicing hard for the Zasport show :)

Yana's breakfast

https://www.instagram.com/p/CXihY3YtYks - Paris Style! Who wants croissants 🥐 ;)

Right, I better head off now as I have to get up earlier than usual for an appointment tomorrow morning.

Until next time!
 

anonymoose_au

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Hello fellow Plushy fans!

Well the Senior Russian Nationals begins in just three days! Nervous times, nervous times.

We also had a crazy storm in my suburb yesterday and I'm extremely lucky to have power. People down the other end of my street are without and it may be a while before they get it back.

My parents are also without power so Mum came over last night to stay, she woke me up early so even though I only have a half day at work here I am posting at 7:30am.

But I bring news! A new ice rink opened in the outskirts of Moscow and the Academy was invited along to show a preview of The Nutcracker.


Plushy as Drosselmeyer 🥰 I could watch this all day. I say this a lot...but "no artistry" my foot, this is gorgeous.

https://www.instagram.com/tv/CXq1TTfocjJ - Sasha as the Nutcracker 🤗

https://www.instagram.com/tv/CXoy5SMrG4j - Drosselmeyer brings the Nutcracker to life!

https://www.instagram.com/tv/CXonDikDXKf - Mice on the ice :biggrin:

https://www.instagram.com/tv/CXopK4It_MU - The Angels as the Magical dolls

https://www.instagram.com/rudkovskayaofficial/tv/CXq2-cbrgU6 - The Academy itself looks like a Winter Wonderland. ❄️⛄

OK, my mother keeps making me do things so I better wrap this up now...I've already had the post open for an hour and a half now!

Until next time.
 

anonymoose_au

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Hello fellow Plushy fans!

The countdown to the Nationals continues...the draw will be shown on YouTube (at 3:30am my time so I'll miss the fun). I'm looking forward to seeing Kirill in the sea of tall men :laugh:

In Plushy/Academy news...

https://www.instagram.com/p/CXth9INgGiz - The Academy is magical at Christmas 🤗 I have no idea what Plushy is saying though.

https://www.instagram.com/tv/CXluXwNAmMe - I missed this, but here's Plushy's invitation to the Nutcracker preview show. I love when Plushy invites us to things :biggrin:

https://www.instagram.com/tv/CXq0I_agsXL - This appears to be a news report about the show, how awesome is the camera work? 🤩

Sasha Shenanigans

https://www.instagram.com/tv/CXtiid6ocFU - If the figure skating thing doesn't work out, maybe he can go for hockey ;)

https://www.instagram.com/angelsofplushenko/p/CXvawBiAcfR - Sasha has a fellow skater to compete with in training - Stephan Yurov. Cool.

Yana's breakfast

https://www.instagram.com/p/CXvLGm5ttJO - Strawberry themed!

Right I'm baking cupcakes so I better make sure I don't burn them!

Until next time!
 

Alex Fedorov

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If the figure skating thing doesn't work out, maybe he can go for hockey ;)
of course, now it looks like a joke, but the famous Soviet hockey player Helmut Balderis was engaged in figure skating as a child. Some fans even thought it was this fact that explained his unique individual prowess. So anything can be
 

anonymoose_au

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So anything can be
Indeed! I know some of the male figure skaters out there originally took figure skating lessons to improve their skating skills for hockey, but ended up loving figure skating and continuing with it :)

Hello fellow Plushy fans!

Today is the day! The Senior Russian Nats begins! Kirill S will represent the Angels and skates 1st in the 2nd group. 🤞🤞

In other news Yuzuru (aka Plushy's #1 Fan ;) ) is competing in Japanese Nats and at practice today he set the skating world abuzz by landing a 2ft 4A! It's very impressive!

https://www.instagram.com/tv/CX0XQxQhbYv - Plushy posted about it :)

(Although...I wonder is Plushy at the Nats? I would assume so, but I didn't see him at the Draw Ceremony - admittedly I skipped through most of it. :laugh2: You don't think he'd miss it? Surely not. 😬)

https://www.instagram.com/p/CX0XvsFA7gE - 😅No need to panic...just looked on the Academy Insta and there's Sofia M, Nastya and Kirill at training today with Dima M and Plushy on the scene.

In other news

https://www.instagram.com/p/CX0UglCtCs2 - What bunch of posers ;) :p I wonder what the article is about!

Sasha Shenanigans

https://www.instagram.com/tv/CXymDmnIDZy - Some stats on Sasha...may I compliment him on his favourite colours - which are also mine! ☺️

Arseniy Antics

https://www.instagram.com/tv/CXypckoojis - Arseniy may be small, but he has fashion opinions ;)

Yana Stuff

https://www.instagram.com/rudkovskayaofficial/tv/CXy7jvBvYJa - Yana headed to the Bolshoi the other evening to see...what else but the Nutcracker ;)

Yana's breakfast

https://www.instagram.com/p/CXxvc8itb8J - I see a red table setting and I don't want to paint it black ;)

OK, the men's SP begins in under an hour and I'm working on a little origami army of support so I shall be off.

Until next time!
 

Sweet Dream

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What a corrupted system and a messy situation, really shocking! :jaw: Very happy to see Plushy's angels shining on such a big stage! :love2: I'm afraid Plushy will make some very strong response after this event. 😰

For me, one of the saddest moments yesterday was when Liza fell on her 3A in the SP. 😭 Hopefully she can finally unload the burden inside and pull together in the end. :pray:

Last but not least, Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays, Moose and everybody here!!! :hap10::dance3:
 

anonymoose_au

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What a corrupted system and a messy situation, really shocking! :jaw: Very happy to see Plushy's angels shining on such a big stage! :love2: I'm afraid Plushy will make some very strong response after this event.
I'm sure Plushy's response couldn't be stronger than mine...

Which is basically... petition to remove Russian figure skater from Plushy's bio. He is a figure skater, but clearly the Russian Figure Skating Fed don't respect or want him. So I hereby grant them their wish. Plushy and his medals are no longer Russia's. They don't deserve the pain and the effort and the loyalty he gave them. Sofia M was bad enough, I guess the time violation is legit but they didn't see it at the time so clearly not that bad, but Nastya Z's score...did you see her face? They broke her heart.

If Plushy got up in the press and told the Russian Figure Skating Fed to go to Hell and flipped them off I would cheer my lungs out.

Ever since Sochi they've treated him like utter dirt, they make me sick.

I wanted to make a cheerful post for Christmas...the Russian Figure Skating Fed robbed us of that.

But with Nationals on let us look back on this magical moment... when this man who the Federation thinks is a total joke, a fake coach and undeserving of respect, performed the most beautiful and perfect piece of skating ever seen.



Russia will never have a skater like this again...but wait...thanks to their crappy behaviour, they never had a skater like this at ALL.

Plushy represented no-one but himself and the Professor.
 

Alex Fedorov

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Russia will never have a skater like this again...but wait...thanks to their crappy behaviour, they never had a skater like this at ALL.
I recently read (in Russian) a kind of amateur analysis: what if Plushenko had arrived in a time machine from 2006 to the present moment and competed at the World or European Championships, or at the Russian Championships? So the author came to the conclusion that Eugene, even with that old content for today, would have turned out to be better than all Russian men skaters in terms of the overall assessment for the short and free program.

By the way, I don't think he is considered a fake coach in the federation. They do not like him - that is definitely, but it is not the same. Unfortunately, he himself sometimes does strange things. If he were now a young skater and studied with Eteri, she would probably scold him for lack of concentration - this sometimes really manifests itself.

But yesterday was definitely his day, here it is already difficult to ignore the obvious progress.
 

Sweet Dream

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Excuse me, I have never, ever seen such time violation rule being abused like this at any other Nationals or international events before. :eek: It was not at all legit to change the SP results manually after the competitions had already ended two hours earlier. Moreover, their gap should not have been only one point! The fact that the other group's brazen appeal was finally accepted by the judging panel is really shocking! 😲 Their Federation has been cooking up funny stories all the time. Just look at their dance teams!

I definitely feel very sorry for Zinina, and Plushy does have much to say on all these issues, but I sincerely wish that he could play them quite wisely. :unsure:

I do agree with you, moose, that Plushy is the one and only greatest male skater in Russia. As a young coach, he has already found his rightful place. :cheer2:
 

Sweet Dream

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I will no longer watch any Russian FS event from now on. It is their judges who are breaking every single professional rule to get the skaters from the same club on to the podium, but at the same time are killing this sport completely and thoroughly in my heart! All their blatant fraudulent act is not at all any big show only for the audience, but some very serious issue that needs to be tackled by the ISU now!

I don't know how Plushy can handle such overpowering force single-handed. Really sad for him and his team... :cry:

Hopefully Zinina did not get injured... 😟
 

DizzyFrenchie

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Excuse me, I have never, ever seen such time violation rule being abused like this at any other Nationals or international events before. :eek: It was not at all legit to change the SP results manually after the competitions had already ended two hours earlier. Moreover, their gap should not have been only one point! The fact that the other group's brazen appeal was finally accepted by the judging panel is really shocking! 😲 Their Federation has been cooking up funny stories all the time. Just look at their dance teams!

I definitely feel very sorry for Zinina, and Plushy does have much to say on all these issues, but I sincerely wish that he could play them quite wisely. :unsure:

I do agree with you, moose, that Plushy is the one and only greatest male skater in Russia. As a young coach, he has already found his rightful place. :cheer2:
At Worlds 2017, SP too, not only had the judges called Yuzuru Hanyu's minor combo error as a major one (weight transfer was about 1/3 and he was judged as if it was more than ½) but to add insult to infamy, they called the same small time violation because he had been called earlier than planned and had still done his usual preparation. I think it's very rare and I don't know if it has ever been used by neutral judges.
 

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I will no longer watch any Russian FS event from now on. It is their judges who are breaking every single professional rule to get the skaters from the same club on to the podium, but at the same time are killing this sport completely and thoroughly in my heart!
I know...I'm struggling too...I want to follow Plushy and the Academy, but when it comes to senior competitions...it's abundantly clear that the Rus Fed - knowing that they can't push him out by witholding funding (Plushy funds himself) are letting the students who are coming up to Senior eligibility know that they can't make it as an Angel. Nastya was completely lowballed in her SP, leaving her with no choice but to try the most difficult content she could and when she unsurprisingly struggled the Fed's response will simply be "See you're not ready for the big leagues yet" or even "Your training environment may be having a negative impact on you."

Even Sofia M with her success today was still underscored, if she was a Crystal student they might even have let her on the podium or at least 4th. Instead she gets 6th and it doesn't take a genius to figure out how she can make her score rise...rumour has it Crystal is already looking at trying to get her. And why the Hell shouldn't Sofia go? She'd have to work a million times harder with multiple quads to make it against Crystal skaters, unless she's one of them. Then all of sudden, as if by magic, her scores will jump even with the exact same content she showed today. Her scores will probably rise if she leaves for any other coach.

I don't know how Plushy can handle such overpowering force single-handed. Really sad for him and his team... :cry:
And this is the absolute kicker. Plushy is my absolute favourite skater and I admire him, so watching Senior competitions is like some sort of torture test. Even Plushy himself, who is known for not giving a damn is starting to wilt under the pressure. Like when Sofia M did so well and got such a good score his face didn't change, he didn't even crack a smile. It's depressing to see him like that. When he's training with the Angels or skating in shows he looks happy and ready to take on the world. Here at Nationals he looks small and isolated. Everyone there knows that his name is mud, I don't imagine Mishin and him having a chat this year.

It's just like Worlds last season, there's the leaper Plushenko, don't make eye contact, don't talk to him. I mean at least he had Dima M and Sergei A with him this time. 2021 Worlds is something I can't forget...every other Russian coach had support, people around them. Sasha T and Plushy were left alone, to struggle, it was jarring. Thinking back on it I can't believe I ever thought that Sasha T would stay at the Academy.

It's an utter mess...again.

This is why I didn't want any of the Angels at Senior Nats, I knew it was a terrible idea, I knew it.

Now all the pressure is on Kirill and Nastya Z for Junior Nats (Sofia M should be OK? Maybe), the world spots are on the line and they're coming into it with pretty ordinary results, Kirill's already said he'll try quads there... it could cost him a chance at Worlds. Would he feel it was so necessary if he hadn't just been at Senior Nats and seen where a lack of quad will get you? And Nastya? I shudder to think what's going through her head, she probably doesn't even realise how wonderful her Short program was, all that she will be able to think of are those quads.

And Plushy is a horrible position, if he doesn't let them do their quads, people will call him a coward, a coach without faith in his students. If he does let them do quads and it fails (which let's be honest, looking at previous attempts this is the likely outcome) he's a stupid coach without no idea how to correctly train skaters and maximise content. It's lose lose.

It stinks.
 

Flying Feijoa

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And why the Hell shouldn't Sofia go?
Well, if she did she might end up like Kanysheva, Panenkova, Tarakanova, Tsurskaya... At Crystal it's so competitive, if you aren't the strongest there, the benefit of any scoring bonus may not outweigh the downsides of being a lower-priority student. You don't see Sofia Samodurova leaving Davydov, or Ksenia Sinitsyna leaving Panova - they are the stars of their clubs so are guaranteed to have their coach's attention.

Don't worry Moose, I believe Sofia M and her family will stay with AoP. Unlike Sasha T, she was never a top contender before she came here. She's already experienced languishing in a crowded club before, so I don't think she would risk ending up in such an environment again. The only surefire way to contend with the top girls is TES; AoP gave her a 3A and 4S so she will likely want to continue stabilising them here and maybe add another quad. Plus, she has said her idol is Kostner and Plushy has a thing or two to say about career longevity :)

The JGP judges gave AoP skaters good PCS, so I think as long as they can make it out to international competition they should be fairly rewarded. If that happens often enough, domestic judges will also fall in line.
 

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Ha ha sadly my meme didn't take off, guess I should have expected that ;) Ah well it made me feel better.

Hello fellow Plushy fans!

I hope you're all well and had a very Merry Christmas if you celebrate it. 🎄 Meanwhile I have three weeks off work! Just in time for the COVID situation in my state to go to Hell. I was hoping to go to the ice rink a lot during this time, but...

Anyway onto better things!

An actual happy moment at the Nationals

https://youtu.be/N39a9RFXY0w - Plushy spotting Sasha in the stands and waving d'awwwww 🥰🤗

Arseniy Antics

https://www.instagram.com/p/CX55V8loyY_ - I may have posted this already, but come on it's adorable! Sometimes if you want something done, you have to do it yourself. ;)

Sasha Shenanigans

https://www.instagram.com/tv/CX_jn0Yh4TI - Burgers for breakfast, sure why not! ;)Except now I want one too :laugh2:

Yana in St Petersburg

https://www.instagram.com/rudkovskayaofficial/tv/CX8wkoqhe4V and https://www.instagram.com/tv/CX6NVW4hXhj - At the Hotel Astoria nice!

The Family Plush

https://www.instagram.com/p/CX5p2PKtdBI - What a cute photo! 🥰

Yana's breakfast

https://www.instagram.com/p/CX-nUywNjk9 - Haven't we seen that vase before? I'm sure I remember been freaked out by it on an earlier occassion :laugh:

Well that's all for now.

Until next time!
 

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Hello fellow Plushy fans!

Well it's the last day of 2021! Usually I'd be ready to ring in the New Year with the famous Sydney fireworks display, but I'm staying at home because our Government sucks and we now have over 20,000 cases a day in my state. Considering my mother has tickets to see said fireworks close up and I'd usually jump at the chance this is some BS.

What is not BS is the fact Plushy's Nutcracker show started in Moscow today!

Considering how amazing the little preview show was last week we're in for a treat!

https://www.instagram.com/angelsofplushenko/p/CYD_KYCgiiP - Some more photos from the preview :biggrin:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CYG-Nhtp8sn - The Angels of the Academy at the show.

https://www.instagram.com/tv/CYHBDy9JATA - Plushy 🥰, Sasha, Sofia Sarnovskaya and the E-Man (Emmanuel Sadhu). How cool is this?! So much going on.

https://www.instagram.com/severnaya_korona/p/CYHnXlqDSky - This group of school children went to see the premier.

https://www.instagram.com/kristina.314/p/CYHkg6go3V_ - Drosselmeyer and the toys of Toyland (I think that's what this is...don't quote me ;) )

https://www.instagram.com/p/CYHigKXohSq - Academy students Mary Mazur's post about the show. Tiaras that light up! That's awesome.

https://www.instagram.com/plushenkoofficial/tv/CYHIeoCBlft - 10s in performance and interpretation right here ;)

https://www.instagram.com/tv/CYGvPtoA5X8 - Not sure which seat would better...up close where the skaters are, or further back to take it all in? I'd go twice to see both maybe, good marketing strategy ;)

https://www.instagram.com/tv/CYHFllJhHOc - +5.00 GOE in all aspects. 🤩

Other stuff

https://www.instagram.com/p/CYHjOxaI5_0 - The Family Plush (sans Arseniy) on Evening Urgant, apparently this will be on YouTube.

https://www.instagram.com/tv/CYCG7C8hGMO - Just Yana and the Christmas decorations, no drama :laugh:

Yana's breakfast

https://www.instagram.com/p/CYDvYowgiXN - This is gold! ;)

Right I better be off I need to wash my hair - for real.

See you in 2022 friends!
 
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