Evgeni Plushenko

[plushyfan]

@Plushenko News_Eng ‏ Tennis With Evgeni Plushenko's - Poem by Suzae Chevalier … (Suzae's probably woman at the pic with him, approx 2004)
The pic is tooo cute!

Tennis With Evgeni Plushenko's - Poem by Suzae Chevalier
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/tennis-with-evgeni-plushenko-s/

On the tennis courts in the
Land of a thousand lakes
Evgeni Plushenko not wearing skates.

He was playing tennis
with Ann, Ellie and me-
I took photos of Ellie swinging
Her hair carefree.

Then Ann took a photo of me and
Evgeni with his tennis attire
He was a gentlemen-
More than a medieval squire.

His coach Alexei Mishin-
I did meet-
I told him I might have Russian blood
He said you are way too pretty. what a charmer!

What a compliment from a coach
who made Evgeni an
Olympic World Champion

Thank you Ann for this
memory in time
Ann is an Olympic figure skater coach
who has had an interesting life.

Written by Suzae Chevalier on October 11,2015 Who is Ann????

 

[LRK]

ITAR-TASS ‏@ITARTASSnews_en · 2h2 hours ago
Russia’s figure skater Plushenko may enter this season’s competitions http://bit.ly/1PfXGjH


When I first read that, I suddenly felt that this



was in nowise enough to express my feelings - I needed "swooned dead away", I felt in dire need of some virtual smelling salts! However, when I was able to collect myself sufficiently to actually read the article, I found:

""It is possible that I will take part in the competitions this season. I am currently in talks on this issue," Plushenko said in an interview with TASS.

"It will be the tournament of professionals with amateurs in Japan," Plushenko added."


So - Medal Winners Open, I presume?

 

[adelia]

ITAR-TASS ‏@ITARTASSnews_en · 2h2 hours ago
Russia’s figure skater Plushenko may enter this season’s competitions http://bit.ly/1PfXGjH


When I first read that, I suddenly felt that this



was in nowise enough to express my feelings - I needed "swooned dead away", I felt in dire need of some virtual smelling salts! However, when I was able to collect myself sufficiently to actually read the article, I found:

""It is possible that I will take part in the competitions this season. I am currently in talks on this issue," Plushenko said in an interview with TASS.

"It will be the tournament of professionals with amateurs in Japan," Plushenko added."


So - Medal Winners Open, I presume?

It's on 15th Jan, does he have anything going on at that time?

 

[LRK]

It's on 15th Jan, does he have anything going on at that time?

Is there any time when he hasn't got anything going on? :scratch: Maybe there was a gap of three days or so in his schedule, and he wondered what he'd do with himself, with such a great gap with nothing to do, so he decided to fill it?

 

[adelia]

Is there any time when he hasn't got anything going on? :scratch: Maybe there was a gap of three days or so in his schedule, and he wondered what he'd do with himself, with such a great gap with nothing to do, so he decided to fill it?

Oh well.

 

[plushyfan]

Is there any time when he hasn't got anything going on? :scratch: Maybe there was a gap of three days or so in his schedule, and he wondered what he'd do with himself, with such a great gap with nothing to do, so he decided to fill it?

You are right, LRK!

Everybody think that will be MWO. But who knows?


MOSCOW, October 14. /TASS/. Russian titled figure skater Evgenii Plushenko told TASS on Wednesday he had no plans at the moment to undergo any surgeries on his spine. http://tass.ru/en/sport/828979

In mid-September Plushenko was diagnosed with a new spinal injury and president of the Russian Figure Skating Federation Alexander Gorshkov announced last month that the figure skater would miss the current season.

"There were media reports that I would undergo a surgery, which is necessary for me," Plushenko said in an interview with TASS. "I want to say personally, that there were no surgeries and I do not plan any as of today."

"I traveled to Israel, where I underwent spinal block and physiotherapeutic procedures," he said. "I am feeling well now. Yes, I am not jumping quadruples as my doctor prohibits it. But I do triple and a half and all triple jumps. My spine allows such jumps."

The figure skater announced late last month that although he was skipping the current season due to a new spinal injury he currently worked on three new programs, which are two short programs and one free dance. He told TASS two weeks ago that he would skate his new program at a demonstration performance
in the Estonian capital of Tallinn on October 18.

Although retired in the past Plushenko first stunned media in the summer of 2014 by announcing that he intended to compete for another title at the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea’s PyeongChang, which may turn into his 5th career Olympics. He officially announced his comeback on April 17 this year.

The titled 32-year-old Russian figure skater performed in four Olympics throughout his career, winning his first Olympic gold at the 2006 Winter Games in Italy’s Turin and the second in February last year at Russia’s Winter Olympics in Sochi. He retired from sports after the Sochi Olympics.

Plushenko, who also brought Russia silver medals both at the 2002 Olympics in US Salt Lake City and at the 2010 Olympics in Canada’s Vancouver and won seven European champion titles, struggled with back injuries over the two skating seasons prior to the 2014 Sochi Olympics, but kept insisting that he would be able to perform well on his home ice.

He partly kept his promise winning the gold in team’s competition in Sochi, but his withdrawal from the men’s individuals saw him not only going to Israel last March for the surgery on his back, but drew mass criticism across Russia.

During a warm-up before the individuals’ performance, Plushenko attempted a triple axel jump, but landed uncomfortably aggravating his old injury and breaking a screw that supported an artificial intervertebral disk in his back.

Eventually, the Russian figure skating star withdrew from the competition and later announced that he had decided to quit sports for good.

In April, Plushenko was enlisted once again in the Russian national figure skating team.




http://www.sovsport.ru/photo/gallery-item/19351 photos on the pressconference

the TV news https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFdNbLTnbgk&feature=youtu.be

http://www.sport-express.ru/figure-skating/photoreports/927292/

Plushy and Yana after the pressconf https://instagram.com/p/80d1c7FSFS/

Yana: At press conference was so many journalists, as on Olympics in Sochi) Thanks to all who came https://instagram.com/p/80d1c7FSFS/

http://www.sports.ru/tribuna/blogs/voronin/845259.html?ext=dpd -google translate

I will speak only the truth. Recently, a lot of information about me - pointedly began Plushenko.

About skip the season-2015/16

We started to train three new quads, but his back was not ready. We had to pump it further, but the back is not allowed to make big load. And to go with one or two identical quad toe loop will simply be foolish.

I ride all summer in Japan, trained with the best athlete of today - with Hanyu. And I saw that go with my current set of jumps properly. It therefore began to train a new quad, but once the spin is not allowed, then go to the competition is probably meaningless.

On the Olympic Games 2018

My focus - is selected for the Olympic Games in 2018, is still not the Olympics. Omnipotent and omniscient Tatiana Tarasova said he will only compete in the team competition. She probably knows more than my team and myself. I must first be selected. My dream - to speak at the Fifth Olympic Games. Before me, this has not been done, and I did not.

On the state of health

I did the blockade, I feel much better, but the doctor is not allowed to jump 4 turns. But I'm doing three and a half, every day ride and train. I see myself in the sport, and further, if health permits.

I suggested to the doctor first to make the blockade, do the procedure. Today it is not sure that I need an operation, but I do not exclude that it can be. Only beginning to recover previous form. After blocking about two months, I never showed up.

The goal - a complete restoration of health, can not be, can not, at 50. Only 50 per cent of the 100 health. If the spine is restored if the recovery will bring the body to quarter-hop, exploring new quad if I'm quietly dokatyvayutsya any program, then it is selected for the Olympics. Today, I feel worthy. Make a full physical therapy, I was every day in contact with the doctor. I can not train until 4 turns, but do another job: rolls new programs, track outputs, transitions, inputs rotation triple jumps. Parallel - general physical training, pumping back injection of other muscles. I do not sit on the couch and watch TV. Every day I work, ready for another show, "Snow King 2".

About new programs

I said that coming back to the sport, it remains. I continue to train, prepare, put a program with the Bolshoi Theater, with choreographer Yuri Posokhov, Sergei Filin, put a program with Yuri Smekalov. The team has not changed, the coach left Mishin.

The programs will be very interesting. There are new images. Plushenko will be slightly different. I ride for a long time, I already have a certain image, but I try to change to keep up with the times. I will try to compete with younger athletes.

The short program was set to Smekalov over any work with Posokhov. I do not want to hurry up, I want to completely finish. But in the near future will be the prime minister of one of my programs at demonstrations - without a quad, but with rotations, triple, three and a half turns. It will complete the choreography of new programs.

All demonstrations I have permission from the Figure Skating Federation of Russia and ISU. Could there be a ban? This is stupid - prohibit the performance of athletes who promote figure skating and moving it forward. I do not see any problems. All permits obtained. Sanctions? At my direction - no.
The fact whether he meets with the coach Alexei Mishin

Now we rarely meet. I put one program in Moscow, the other - in St. Petersburg. Yuri Smekalov places in St. Petersburg, with Posokhov engaged in the halls of Bolshoi Theatre.

As long as any program with Posokhov are working only in the hall. You can not go directly to the ice, I'm not a professional dancer, I have to see myself in the mirror, to feel the music, to understand the way - mine or not mine. And then, when they put the movement, will meet with Mishin, think further, to put forward.

About claims "Plushenko did not let the young"

No one is holding, not holding back, no pressure on the federation does not have. I'm not trying to pressure the federation. Do not speak for a year and a half - please demonstrate you have all the cards in hand. The youth is really growing, guys are trying to do quadruple jumps.

I read instagramy, twitter, some write: Plushenko hinders youth. And the other: so as in all sports, all deter youth. So you prove be the best, will be the number one, two, three. Nobody is to blame, that to date guys in 8th or 9th place. I want, by the way, congratulate Kostya Menchov, who won a competition in Finland. But, in my opinion, with Hanyu, Chan and other leaders of the guys will be hard to compete. They have a world level. This rotation and jumping, and the charisma and virtuosity, and possession of the ridge.

About own school of figure skating and going abroad

Combining master classes and coaching the sport might. There is sufficient time to give some lessons your friends who ask to see the children. In my opinion, there are results.

I have a great desire to do his school in Russia - in Moscow, St. Petersburg or elsewhere. Ready to develop figure skating in Russia.

There is a proposal from Japan, last year there was an offer to coach the men's national team of China, but I do not want to leave, I want to stay in our country, to train children here.

About Japanese

In the summer I trained with amazing skaters in Japan. I saw them fire the desire to make new quads ... They have changed little world. Changed figure skating. They all come to the demonstration peacefully and do a quadruple jump. For the Japanese, this is the norm. It used to be done only quads in competition. And now - the people have applauded, but the Japanese have a jumping between the quadruple Salchow. Then they watch other athletes and think: "They have the aliens." For me it was a good workout, I tagged along.

On the possibility of working on "Match TV"

I know the new channel, where I went for a drive, by the way, for the video. But I do not see myself leading. I see myself the Pope, with the family, with children, on the performances in the show, I want to skating, to try myself again, again and again at the Olympic Games.

In 2010, probably one or five percent believed in me, everyone said this is not possible - for three years, and skip back to the previous level. I gave my word and made. If we go step by step right now - can, bring everything to the end. If you will finish, then I beat myself and prove it: yes, I am a strong competitor. Not in a hurry, it would be a mistake - to go this season unprepared, something to someone to prove.

Following a press conference, he joined his wife Plushenko - Yana Rudkovsky. She explained why ice show sportsman called it "Snow King".

- Worldwide Zhenyu called Ice King. Only in the world called him King. Therefore, it was decided to paraphrase the title of a fairy tale "The Snow Queen", because Evgeny can not act in a female role. Rebranding have turned 80 thousand people last year visited the show in St. Petersburg, 55 - in Moscow, this year there will be more. We will act and Slutskaya, and Joubert, and Werner and Weir. For us there are no sanctions against the athletes, we only superstars from around the world. Our show has received a premium channel RuTV - not as an ice show, but in general. Ahead of Dima Bilan, it was the second.

Recently, we received an offer from ISU, to Eugene spoke at events in Japan. This commercial event, held under the auspices of the ISU.

Evgeni Plushenko: Yes, it is sound. Competitions will be held in January. This will be my first competition of the season. I do not rule out that I will compete, but only in this tournament in Tokyo, which will be held under the auspices of the ISU.

Yana Rudkovsky Eugene proves to the world that the impossible is possible. We have offers even from Brazil, where his show is ready to take a leading television company.

Evgeni Plushenko: There is a proposal to star in a movie, but today I do not see myself an actor.

Yana Rudkovsky: Yes, there is a proposal to make a film about it. Not a documentary, and artistic. Eugene still in the Russian national team, received a scholarship, but says: I do not need no salary. It's not that kind of money for him, he would have already rejected, but the decision of the federation.

Evgeni Plushenko: We give the money to charity.

Yana Rudkovsky: Yes. We also recently sold two individual training at an auction the charity fund Natalia Vodianova. One lot was exposed to the training. But when it was sold, people have pulled out and asked, "Can we still buy?". I gained Eugenia, and he said: "It is not even discussed, at least five times sell." Two lots of Eugene brought 100 thousand dollars for charity. What he does for charity - I have never met such people in figure skating. Yana, maybe Yuna Kim ?

 

[plushyfan]

(complete Plushenko's press-conference, homevideo by @SvetaPoln) Пресс-конференция Евгения Плющенко 14 октября 2015: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nu1FYOz7k28 …

(one more TV news) Евгений Плющенко заявил о своем намерении выступить на "Олимпиаде в Пхенчхане": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QKyI65N050 …

(2 homevideos from press-conference by @anais167) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9Lxq04ktX0 … + https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIhBd0UtBYI …

Pictures on pressconf https://www.flickr.com/photos/evasileva/sets/72157659432785030


(David Avdish is the best!) "#ДавидАвдыш лучший!!! #thesnowkingbyplushenko #magfilmmoscow https://instagram.com/p/81OfI3B341/ " :thumbsup: Avdish is Plushy's long time choreographer and friend

Plushy were last night at hockey match "Spartacus"/"SKA" and met there Marat Safin and his younger sister Dinara http://www.sport-express.ru/hockey/khl/news/927405/ …

 

[plushyfan]

(2 more TV news from press-conference) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1TGavwYt9o … + https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XVbI6ryOOo …

Евгений Плющенко на матче «Спартак» - СКА https://youtu.be/-E8Bf8mcz64

Finished rehearsals and shooting for show #thesnowkingbyplushenko #magfilmmoscow https://instagram.com/p/82v5hnh30I/

And I always knew Tatiana Vasilyevna Tarasova is a great player. Before Sochi she had a great role int it, everybody think that Plushy just wanted to skate in team event. She wrote a special request to the ISU asked an opportunity to send two male skaters to Sochi OG.

She never said bad things about Plush face to face. She works in the bakground. This is her new interiew after Plushy's pressconf.

http://doverennielitsa.ru/moskva/pe...arasova-pochemu-na-press-konferencii-evgeniya google translate

Member of the board of the coaching Figure Skating Federation of Russia, coach of the national team of Russia in figure skating
Tatiana Tarasova: Why a press conference Yevgeny Plushenko was not his coach Alexei Mishin?

Figure skating coach, confidant of the president of Russia Tatiana Tarasova in an interview said doverennyelitsa.rf as appropriate and justified from the point of view of preserving the health of the application can be an Olympic champion Evgeni Plushenko, he made at a press conference at TASS, of its intention to participate in the the struggle for the selection for the Olympic Games 2018 in Korea, despite the summer of 2015 received a back injury. "If a person has some kind of a dream, a wish, he must implement. There is his desire, and we must respect it. If he is really doing well with his back, he will prepare and serve. All of us are ready to support only! I'll be glad if even just speak at the fifth of his career Olympics - says Tatiana Tarasova. - And I want to wish him here only health! "

"As for the press conference, then I have a few questions here - I continue to Tarasova. - Why was he with his wife, but without a coach? I understand that it is a "big" manager. But this is a strange way. It seems that this process leads spouse, and I personally would like to hear Alexei Mishin, what he thinks about all this. It is possible that such a press conference held in the first place in order to promote the new program. "

Tarasova also answered the question of how can be justified Evgeni Plushenko participate in an international tournament in Japan this season, despite all the difficulties with his health. "He can go to Japan. He is an outstanding athlete who has received an invitation, and he can not forbid anyone to go there, "- said Tarasova. :disapp:

I know the answer, because Mishin is with Liza in Nice. :yes: And because Plushy if he wants can compete without quad or without 3A on MWO.

 

[adelia]

"As for the press conference, then I have a few questions here - I continue to Tarasova. - Why was he with his wife, but without a coach? I understand that it is a "big" manager. But this is a strange way. It seems that this process leads spouse, and I personally would like to hear Alexei Mishin, what he thinks about all this. It is possible that such a press conference held in the first place in order to promote the new program. "

 

[LRK]

Why would he need his coach to hold his hand during a press conference? I'm sure Mishin has more important things to do (like train and compete with his other students!) - and Plushy is a "big boy" now. As for Plushy's wife - she is also the producer for Snow King, is she not? Obviously the press conference was to address multiple issues - his injury, his future competitive plans, his show &c, &c. Should he have held fifty eleven press conferences for each matter separately?

Anyway, google translate was muddled at that point, so I never understood who was asking these questions - was it the journalist? or Tarasova? Anyway, it seemed like a very - may I say lame? - effort to create a mountain of a non-existent molehill.

 

[plushyfan]

Why would he need his coach to hold his hand during a press conference? I'm sure Mishin has more important things to do (like train and compete with his other students!) - and Plushy is a "big boy" now. As for Plushy's wife - she is also the producer for Snow King, is she not? Obviously the press conference was to address multiple issues - his injury, his future competitive plans, his show &c, &c. Should he have held fifty eleven press conferences for each matter separately?

Anyway, google translate was muddled at that point, so I never understood who was asking these questions - was it the journalist? or Tarasova? Anyway, it seemed like a very - may I say lame? - effort to create a mountain of a non-existent molehill.

Madame Tarasova answered to the journalist and after she asked that question.....



Maybe this will help to understand the text:
Party translation of Plushenko's press-conference 14.10. in Moscow http://evgeni-plushenko.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=6&start=3200#p88763 …

Cekoni's translation

More translation, roughly .... tomorow i will check if there is something new...

Plushenko:
"When I began to prepare the 4 lutz, Salchov, Rittberger, unfortunately my back was not ready. Toeloop was normal. I think it's stupid to compete with only one or two quadruple jumps. I spent the whole summer in Japan, I trained with the best in my opinion athlete, Yuzuru Hanyu. He executes quietly 4 Toeloop, Salchow, Rittberger and he is preparing 4 lutz. So compete with what I have today is not right, it makes no sense. I continue to train every day, my coach is, as always, Mishin, I continue to work with the Bolshoy Theatre, my team has not changed.

My focus - selection for the Olympic Games in 2018. Not the Olympics, to emphasize how many had to say: "Plushenko already goes and participate at the Olympic Games!". Or, for example, like said almighty and omniscient Tatiana Tarasova: "Plushenko will participate in the Olympics only in the Team competition." Maybe she knows better than my team, my coach and myself. Once again, I'm focused on the selection for the Olympic Games. The truth is: my goal and dream is to participate in five Olympics. No one has done it before, not even me, not yet, I want to try. Of course, if my health will allow it.

Recently doctors have been practicing the fixing of the spine (let me use this term, sorry I’m not a doctor). The doctor has forbidden me to overload the back, so for now I try only to restore my shape, I make 3.5 turns, step sequence ..., in short, I'm not lying over the sofa, but keep training every day, physiotherapy and other medical procedures and etc. I am preparing new programs, short and free, that will be very interesting, because I try to change the image that has been created of me, I try to modernize. In the meantime we are working in the show and tour that will start on 18.10. in Tallinn. My new programs, both short and free, will be part of the tour, because I want to skate and prepare them well, to see the reaction of people.

Conclusion: I'm getting ready for the long time. My main purpose is to participate in the Olympics, so I need to restore to 100% health, shape, skate new programs with new jumps. I will not compete in 2015-2016 season because health did not allow me to prepare new quadruples, are aware of it and I don’t have to prove to anyone what I can and what I can’t do. Nobody believed in me at the Olympics in 2010, that after a long break I could skate at the same level. The same thing in 2014.

When someone said: "Plushenko don’t give chance to the young skaters", I answer: I do not bother anyone, young people grow, but they must to show more skills. If they won 8, 9th places... whose fault is it? They have all the cards in hand. You should to prove yourself, be the best, be the number one, two, three. They can not blame anyone, than self. And now is very hard to russian skaters to compete with top world skaters, such as Hanyu, Patrick Chan, Fernandez....
I have no problem with the federation or ISU. I would just like to thank my fans and journalists who really understand figure skating.
I would like to open a skating school in the future in Russia, i declined offers from China and Japan. "

Yana and Plu also talks that money which Plushy receive from Russ.Skat.Fed. (as member of national team) gives to charity. Yana also talks about his 2 master-classes which he sold for 100.000$ for sick kids.

One opinion on Plushy's site:

That's right. He never bothers any young skaters. It's so ridiculous to ask him to *give chance* to the young skater, which means the young is not excellent enough to beat him， let alone competing with other top young skaters. Surely those rivals from other countries won't *give chance* to you and send you to the podium.
Plushy won the bronze medal in 1998 worlds champions when he is only 15. The chance is not given by someone but gain by himself, for winning gold medal of Worls Jr last year.

 

[Sandpiper]

I don't know what to think anymore. Probably a combination of "Here we go again..." and "I wish I could say I don't understand, but I kinda do"* and "Dammit, no more Snow King."

*I can sorta understand why he wants to compete and what he's trying to accomplish. The quad lutzes I can't understand no matter how hard I try. Even the young and reckless and ridiculously talented Yuzuru hasn't attempted those quad lutzes/loops in competition (at least he didn't last I checked).

I'm all for creative programs, but not creative, er, "strategies." If 4T isn't hurting Plushy, why can't he just stick to what he's always done? (Delivering the money jumps, selling the program, and skating clean).

*sigh* I'm sorry, my first post here in ages and it's like this.

 

[LRK]

I don't know what to think anymore. Probably a combination of "Here we go again..." and "I wish I could say I don't understand, but I kinda do"* and "Dammit, no more Snow King."

*I can sorta understand why he wants to compete and what he's trying to accomplish. The quad lutzes I can't understand no matter how hard I try. Even the young and reckless and ridiculously talented Yuzuru hasn't attempted those quad lutzes/loops in competition (at least he didn't last I checked).

I'm all for creative programs, but not creative, er, "strategies." If 4T isn't hurting Plushy, why can't he just stick to what he's always done? (Delivering the money jumps, selling the program, and skating clean).

*sigh* I'm sorry, my first post here in ages and it's like this.

You don't like Snow King?:scratch:

 

[Sandpiper]

You don't like Snow King?:scratch:

No, that's not what I meant!! I meant it like, "Dammit, doesn't seem like he'll be bringing Snow King to other countries *sigh*" (Unless he is and I'm just out of the loop/misreading?)

 

[LRK]

No, that's not what I meant!! I meant it like, "Dammit, doesn't seem like he'll be bringing Snow King to other countries *sigh*" (Unless he is and I'm just out of the loop/misreading?)

Who knows?! Anyway, there was this clip of him and Brian and Tomas...

ETA - I mean, they are hard at work on Snow King 2.

(Note: Our old computer - which has been on its last legs for... a few years? - finally died; which was - and is - a terrible nuisance; but on the other hand, now Instagram works for me. Though I still maintain that 15 second clips are waaaaay too short and unsatisfactory! Give us at least a minute!)

 

[adelia]

Who knows?! Anyway, there was this clip of him and Brian and Tomas...

(Note: Our old computer - which has been on its last legs for... a few years? - finally died; which was - and is - a terrible nuisance; but on the other hand, now Instagram works for me. Though I still maintain that 15 second clips are waaaaay too short and unsatisfactory! Give us at least a minute!)

Awesome.

 

[LRK]

Awesome.

 

[Sandpiper]

Who knows?! Anyway, there was this clip of him and Brian and Tomas...

ETA - I mean, they are hard at work on Snow King 2.

(Note: Our old computer - which has been on its last legs for... a few years? - finally died; which was - and is - a terrible nuisance; but on the other hand, now Instagram works for me. Though I still maintain that 15 second clips are waaaaay too short and unsatisfactory! Give us at least a minute!)

If you're talking about the footwork video--I loved it. There was such crispness and energy, something I've almost given up seeing in competition programs. :disapp:

Maybe he'll combine Snow King 1&2 for an overseas tour...?

Glad to hear you've conquered Instagram, though it's a shame that your old computer breaking down was the cost.

 

[karne]

The quad lutzes I can't understand no matter how hard I try. Even the young and reckless and ridiculously talented Yuzuru hasn't attempted those quad lutzes/loops in competition (at least he didn't last I checked).

I can. He's always been about challenges, about competition. He knows the plain old 4T isn't going to cut it anymore, and he wants to challenge himself by doing something that few or no-one can do. And the mark for first 4Lo in competition is still open - there's no name next to that one in the book...

 

[plushyfan]

I'm glad to see you, Sandpiper!



The final part, the rest of translations.... http://evgeni-plushenko.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=6&start=3200
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Plushenko:

"... I want to congratulate to Kostya Menshov, who won a competition in Finland. Great guy... But, in my opinion, with Hanyu, Chan and Fernandez, to russian skaters will be hard to compete.... Another shining skater from Japan is also Shoma Uno. He perfomed 2 quads recently at Japan Open. Also promising athlete. It is a world skating level... spins and jumps, the charisma and virtuosity, mastery of skates.... Patrick Chan are, ofc, a world star, a great athlete.
...

I continue to prepare a new programs - in my opinion, will be the new images. Plushenko will be a little different. In any case, we are trying to do so, though of course, it's hard. For a long time I skate, I have a certain image. I am trying to change myself, to keep up with the times, to keep up with figure skating. Of course, I will try to compete with younger athletes. If I recover, I will compete at the pre-Olympic World Championships 2017.
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With Alexei Mishin I'm now rarely meet. I put one the program in Moscow, the another in St. Petersburg. Program which i do with Yuri Posuhov - it is work in the hall. There can not go directly to the ice. I need first to put everything in the hall in front of the mirror, where I can see everything, feel the music, understand if is this my image or not. And then, when all movements will be delivered, I will meet with Alexei Mishin, and think about the elements and put it on the ice.
Short program was set by Yuri Smekalov, by the way - he make me a program, if anyone remembers "Tribute to Vaslav Nijinsky", great dancer. That program was unique, new. I think, new SP would not be bad too.... I will "practise" all programs on shows with full choreography, steps, spins, triple jumps.
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With my team, we will go step by step, and perhaps we will bring this matter to the end. If I take away, and will bring to the Olympic Games and other international competitions, it'll prove to myself that I am a strong competitor. Maybe we will not succeed, there is 50:50% chances. But we go step by step. And not in a hurry. It would be a mistake - I fully agree with Alexei Nikolayevich - to compete this season. Get out unprepared, prove again something to someone? No, I need to fully prepare.
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Today, I feel worthy. Make a full physical therapy, I'm every day in contact with the doctor. I can not train quad jumps, but do another job: train new programs, steps, transitions, inputs, spins, triple jumps... Parallel - general physical training, pumping back and other muscles. I do not sit on the couch and watch TV. Every day I work.
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We work in cooperation with Russian Figure Skating Federation and the International Skating Federation (ISU). For my performances in shows and commercial competitions I have all the permits from them.
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There was a proposal from Japan, last year there was an offer to be coach the men's national team of China, but I do not want to leave, I want to stay in our country, to train children here.

- On question of "Asahi" journalist about japanese skaters...
In the summer I trained on shows with amazing skaters in Japan. I saw in them fire, the desire to make new quads... They have changed world outlook. Changed figure skating. They all come to the shows peacefully and do a quadruple jumps. For the Japanese, this is the norm. Sometime was used to do quads only in competition. Now - the people still applauded at the end of shows, while the Japanese skaters a jumping between self the quadruple Salchow. Then at they watch other athletes and think: "They are the aliens." For me it was a good training, I was inspired.
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- On question by Kazakh journalist what he thought about Denis Ten...
Denis Ten is good athlete, a lot of growing up, becoming stable, 3rd place at the Olympics is very serious achievements. I wish him health, happiness. Just to hard practicing and future is ahead of him, he's still young."
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- Yana Rudkovskya:
Evgeni is still in the Russian national team, received a scholarship, but he says: I do not need any salary. It's not that big money for him, he would have already rejected, but this is decision of the federation.
- Evgeni Plushenko:
I give this money to charity.
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About Snow King show world tour...
Yana:
Negotiations are ongoing with Japan, America... because this is very expensive show, It is difficult to enter into foreign markets, very difficult negotiations......
We will invite this year, like previous, at "Snow King 2" shows several thousand children from orphanages, hospitals, kids with special needs...

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Evgeni Plushenko: With some Russian skaters communication fails

Two-time Olympic champion Evgeni Plushenko on Wednesday decided to remind myself, gathered in Moscow press conference. Breaking news on it has not sounded. This season the athlete misses, but can speak at a tournament in Japan, the new back surgery may be necessary, but maybe not, his immediate plans - to act with ice shows in various cities and villages, and plans to speak at the fifth Olympics - in force. All that Plushenko has repeatedly said in recent times. However, talking to reporters after the official part was interesting.
"I'll see the competition, which I can not overpower - go"

- Eugene, this season you will, of course, miss, but in the next, the season-2016/17, will have the opportunity through the World Cup to increase the number of Russian quotas for the Olympics to go on your dream career in the fifth game was another small step closer. There are thought to speak at this World Cup?

- This is certainly an option. But for me this season is necessary to fully restore health. If you raise - speaking at the World Cup 2017, one million per cent.

- If you do go to the Olympic Games 2018, actually bet on the team tournament, and personal?

- Let we will live up to that point. What we always run ahead of the engine? Maybe now there will be those athletes with whom I generally can not afford to compete. Maybe we will have skaters who jumped five quadruple jump. Where am I against them? Maybe these guys are stronger than me on the head? Then I first tell you - no questions, you skated, you are much stronger. I came here to tell the truth - that it is true. Ride to work. Will you not overpower me - I'm gone. If I'm healthy, I make every effort to act on a global level. And standing on the podium.

- What a tournament in which you are going to perform this season?

- First of all, not exactly a statement, and perhaps make a statement. And then you write now - here, stands ... This tournament Pro-Am (joint competitions amateurs and professionals. - Approx. Ed.) In Japan in mid-January.
- There's only one program?

- One. Three minutes 30 seconds. In the Olympic season in 2014 I acted just in these competitions and won them. A year ago. The tournament was held ISU.

- You told me that writing an autobiography ...

- As long pause. There's no time, really. On the family is not enough. Very much. We are engaged in charity, doing master classes ...

- To collect mushrooms ...

- Do not mushroom year, but collect.
"Our show is an order of magnitude above the rest"

- Fields ice shows in Russia is well plowed Ilya Averbukh. You are going to soon hold its show - "Snow King 2". Do not be afraid to compete with Averbukh?

- We exist not only Ilya Averbukh and his show. We have Peter Chernyshov, and the St. Petersburg Theater of ice miniatures, there is ice in Moscow theaters. There is a competition with foreigners, who bring to our country for three shows a year for the New Year holidays. It is difficult, but the best wins. I think the product that we have made an order of magnitude above the rest. There's much more invested soul. This is my point of view, my vision. And I am proud that we have done such a project in Russia.

- It was difficult to lure him Brian Joubert and Tomas Verner - a world-class figure skaters?

- These are my friends. I communicate with the world. Where it is impossible chat with some young Russian athletes (hint, most likely, on the double champion of the country's 20-year-old Maxim Kovtun. - Ed.). Apparently, they put themselves, I do not mind. And with the world's children who have been good sports path and, apparently, to consider a little differently, I have a great relationship. While we struggled with them. The next time, by the way, does not rule out that there will arrive stars of a higher level.

- Who, if not secret?

- Well ... Just you wait - kaboom!

- Patrick Chan?

- It is possible that Patrick Chan. He Stephane Lambiel. There are many athletes who want us to act.

- Join forces with Averbukh had no desire?

- What's it all about me this name mean? I have enough finances, I can master your project. Money invested in our pocket, we will not run and no one asked them not to. Ilya Averbukh's a good guy, but why should I unite with him? And I want to say that we should do a show of good quality. And that was something "Carlson" - it's trouble trouble. You can not just stupid to make money. You earn - but makes the quality, it was interesting to both children and adults. The image of figure skating is from this port.

- What are the prospects of your show as you think?

- It is live. We make new things. Many thanks to Dima Bilan, who wrote a great song for our show. It is an international - there and the Russians and the French, Canadians, Americans and Ukrainians, and the British. For every taste. Aerial acrobats who make unique things without insurance. Well, I have a great desire to travel to different cities. It is not only St. Petersburg and Moscow, but Tallinn and Krasnodar, and Yerevan, and Nizhny Novgorod and Krasnodar and Rostov-on-Don. And with the help of the show I want to roll your program receive training for future competitions.

Nice drawings about the press conference pistures https://twitter.com/plpl7rs/status/654928918395228160

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