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Yevgeny Plushenko wants to compete again, agent says

Duality

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Guys, don't worry about his health. I'm sure Plush won't push himself too hard. I guess he'll only participate in Russian Nationals to get revenge on Kovtun.
 

Meoima

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Can you tell us how then managed to get out of the prison for killing?

Now serious, those generations of Russian male skaters had loads of opportunities to show what they can, as Plushenko was very seldom at worlds and when he was at euros he brought 3 places back for next year, so 2 places were for other, he didn't competed on 3 places at the same time :laugh: .

This argument is one of the silliest i hear! If they cannot get over one skater (and also an aging skater) how they will get over loads of young skaters on the international scene?
:thumbsup: Personally I think he just wants to come back and show people that he still can skate at elite level, he hates to withdraw like what happened at Sochi. I am worried about his health, though.
 

Alain

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I don't have any problem with him competing. I like the guy. If his health is okay, why not.
 

Components

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:thumbsup: Personally I think he just wants to come back and show people that he still can skate at elite level, he hates to withdraw like what happened at Sochi. I am worried about his health, though.

He can still jump at elite level.

I don't consider his "skating" to be elite level these days.

But the judges will still give him "Elite PCS" for it... ...

At this point it feels like the guy is using competitions like his own personal Vogue runway. Maybe the judges will start scoring him accurately to give him a reality check.
 

surimi

Onward and forward, Sota!
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wow, he keeps coming back like a boomerang. If his performances are quality ones, why not; but it's these retirements followed by return followed by another 'for real' retirement followed by yet another return, that I just don't care for.
 

Sandpiper

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Let's continue to kill another generation of Russian male figure skaters (he already did one or two)....
Huh? So it's his fault the Russian skaters got such terrible results post-2006? His (so-debated-it-created-a-rule-change) silver was the best result Russia got in figure skating at Vancouver, across four disciplines. The "generations" of Russian skaters got plenty of chances--Worlds, Europeans, over the past eight years. They faltered the whole time because Plush put a curse on them? That's news to me.

This whole "one elite level skater kills the rest in the country" theory doesn't hold up to scrutiny. What about the days when Yagudin and Plushenko were at the top together? Or Michelle Kwan, and all the rivals she had over the years (Lipinski, Hughes, Cohen)?
 

DDepardieu

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What does he want to prove to us, exactly? Zhenya, you've got 4 Olympic medals and years of brilliance. Figure skating is only a moment in life. You're body's going to stay with you till the end. Now I kind of agree with what Yagudin said about him. He apparently doesn't know what else to do besides figure skating.
 

CanadianSkaterGuy

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:thumbsup: Personally I think he just wants to come back and show people that he still can skate at elite level, he hates to withdraw like what happened at Sochi. I am worried about his health, though.

I agree. His last competitive performance was one where he quit due to injury, and he came under a lot of fire for it. Hardly the way he wanted to go out.

If he wants to compete again, sure, good for him. But I don't see what he's trying to prove at this point, and certainly don't think he has anything new to offer (I mean, his FS was literally a re-hash of his past programs, after all).
 

Sandpiper

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(I mean, his FS was literally a re-hash of his past programs, after all).
I don't disagree with anything in your post (for once :laugh:), but I'd just like to point out: I doubt he created that free skate because he was "running out of ideas." He created it because it was his final Olympics, in his home country, and that free skate was his final farewell. Seriously, why would you skate to your own greatest hits collection for any other reason? For these four years, Sochi has been his endgoal. He's fought and fought through injuries get there. I thought that free skate was the most fitting swan song. Unfortunately, he couldn't end his career the way he had always intended, so now he's back... maybe... we'll see...
 

plushyfan

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What does he want to prove to us, exactly? Zhenya, you've got 4 Olympic medals and years of brilliance. Figure skating is only a moment in life. You're body's going to stay with you till the end. Now I kind of agree with what Yagudin said about him. He apparently doesn't know what else to do besides figure skating.
Yagudin is envy of him. Plushy is doing much more things than Yagudin. Yagudin is always talking about his plans and what he is doing? He performs in Averbukh shows. Plushy is a creative man, plus he has a fantastic wife Yana Rudkovskaya, he will never be bored next to Yana. He has four sons, four dogs, one cat, he adores every sports, actually he likes to play golf in amateur tournaments. And he wins, of course...:)
 

silverfoxes

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Plushenko has spoken about wanting to open up skating schools in Russia where students can also live and study. And he doesn't rule out coaching either. But he loves to skate and compete and has no desire to stop yet. Is there something wrong with that, for someone who has been a figure skater all his life and is still earning respectable results (when healthy)? Of course I am concerned about his body, but I think he is smart enough to respect his limits.

I'm sure he has never lost a wink of sleep over Yagudin's opinion of him either. :laugh:
 

Amei

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But he loves to skate and compete and has no desire to stop yet. Is there something wrong with that, for someone who has been a figure skater all his life and is still earning respectable results (when healthy)? Of course I am concerned about his body, but I think he is smart enough to respect his limits.

Of course there is nothing wrong with that, I 'hope' that if Russia is limited to only 1-2 spot(s) in another major competition again that they think long and extremely hard about having him be 1 of the competitors. The stumble/awkward landing that he did in the Olympics that forced him to withdraw, did not look all that bad, but when you have had that many procedures on a vital part of your anatomy you are far more likely to get injured easily.


Of course I am concerned about his body, but I think he is smart enough to respect his limits.

This reminds me of the NFL (American football) there are a lot of former players talking about the amount of hits they took during their career and the damage that it did to them 10, 20, 30 years later. *Yes, I take the approach that these are grown adults they are well within their rights to mutilate their bodies* But I still feel its an extremely stupid move to make, especially when you are talking about something like your back.
 
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What does he want to prove to us, exactly? Zhenya, you've got 4 Olympic medals and years of brilliance. Figure skating is only a moment in life. You're body's going to stay with you till the end. Now I kind of agree with what Yagudin said about him. He apparently doesn't know what else to do besides figure skating.

I think he would be an excellent jump coach or technical specialist. I'm sure that he probably has a lot of endorsements in Russia as well. I think he's just a ham who doesn't want to cede the spotlight. :)
 

Meoima

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I think he would be an excellent jump coach or technical specialist. I'm sure that he probably has a lot of endorsements in Russia as well. I think he's just a ham who doesn't want to cede the spotlight. :)
If Plushy became a technical specialist, we would have lots of headlines like this:

"Former elite skater, now technical specialist, a new Shin Amano of Russia?"
"King of quads said all the jumps these days are poorly done!"
"Plushenko still steals the spotlight, now that he is the hottest and diva-est technical specialist!"

Something like that, huh?:laugh:
 

Mafke

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His last competitive performance was one where he quit due to injury, and he came under a lot of fire for it. Hardly the way he wanted to go out.

Well he should have thought of that before making such a stink to get back.

Everybody (who was thinking realistically) knew that

a) Russia was going to medal in the team event, with or without Plushenko

b) There was no way in hell that he could do what amounted to two single events back to back.

His 'comeback' was primarily about his personal goals rather than the greater good of Russian skating so they managed a gold in one event (which they might have anyway) and no representation at all in the other while depriving one skater of invaluable international experience (no matter the result).

He also helped make the Rusian spectators there look bad (the rush to the exits once he quit).

He should just leave gracefully, already.
 

plushyfan

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I think he would be an excellent jump coach or technical specialist. I'm sure that he probably has a lot of endorsements in Russia as well. I think he's just a ham who doesn't want to cede the spotlight. :)

It seems you don't know his personal life. He is in spotlight if he doesn't skate. His wife is working in the Russian showbusiness and in the fashion world, she is very very famous. If Plushy wants to be in spotlight he will go with her everywhere. They are always in the Russian's magazines. Not to mention I'm very sceptical
of his comeback. If Plushy in the Russian team, Mishin and his team receive more support...Plushy can do this in this year if he won't compete..
 

mary01

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Nov 20, 2011
Good luck to him, the more skaters who like him decide to continue for a long time and maintain their success over time, the more "normal" it will be for other skaters to have a long career and not feel like they have to leave once they reach a certain age. Most figure skaters career is often too short, hope this trend will change with time.
 

noskates

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OH GOOD LORD!!!!;;;;;;;;;; I don't think I could go through another year of abject adoration on this board. If there is a "new" Plushenko someone has figured out how to clone him.
 
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