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EUGENI PLUSHCHENKO: "PARTICIPATION IN THE OLYMPIAD IS NOT SHAME AND NOT GOVERNMENT!"
Like many of our disqualified athletes, Evgeni Plushenko will not go to the Winter Games in Pyeongchang.
But not in protest. "World of News" two-time Olympic champion explained his refusal to travel as an honorary guest.
- Eugene, our athletes will compete under a neutral flag, in the form without national symbols. There were opinions that we should have abandoned these Games altogether ...
- I disagree. The athlete prepares to start from the age of four. And it reaches its professional peak for the Olympics. For many, these Games will be the first and last in life. So why deprive them of such a chance ?!
As an athlete, I adhere to this position: I am a Russian person, I have a country, a flag, and I still support Russia, no matter what form I wear. This is not a disgrace, not a betrayal, as some believe. After all, any Olympian will sing the hymn of his country to himself, even if he is publicly forbidden to perform it.
We are soldiers, our task is to act with dignity, do all the elements, and politics should not concern us.
- What are the chances for Russian skaters at these Games?
"I'm not an official, so I can not predict anything." I only know that in the top three among men-figure skaters we will find it difficult. The guys - Dmitry Aliev and Mikhail Kolyada - can perform well, their task is to roll the program outright. But to take prizes will be problematic, because there are very strong Americans, Japanese, Canadians.
- Do you yourself go to Korea to cheer for our people?
- I will not go to Pyeongchang - I will stay healthy at home. (Smiles.) But seriously, I have many children in my Academy of figure skating, I have to deal with them, and I can not leave them for long. I spend there every day from 7 am to 6 pm. Today, this is the most important for me.
He will have a column during the OG
https://www.instagram.com/p/Be-UrBgF...shenkoofficial - I did not sleep at night, I watched the Olympics, I was rooting for our team. I refused to comment on the channels, I just wanted to enjoy the beautiful figure skating! The Olympics are special competitions and the most unpredictable ones. It was proud, as our couple Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov rolled back! About Misha Kolyada, no comment ... alas, we must fight to the end! I gave my forecasts on this matter yesterday morning in the author's column for @sport_express, which I will lead during the Olympics! Links will be in my profile! We are rooting for our team, we are rooting for Russia
the first column:
http://www.sport-express.ru/olympics...ya-se-1369368/
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ALWAYS REFUSED FROM THE ROLE OF THE SINGER
I look forward to the start of the Olympic Games! If I was a direct participant in Salt Lake City, Turin, Vancouver and Sochi, now I will observe this grandiose holiday from the outside. It's interesting to compare sensations.
I remember 2002, my first Olympics. Lord, how I worried! His heart leaped from his chest. I was in tremendous form, "rang". Won Yagudin all season. And then I could not deal with emotions. But this is the official version.
The informal is well known in narrow circles. The moment is subtle, who knows, he will understand. You can, and Valentin Nikolaevich Piseev (former president of the Federation of Figure Skating in Russia - comment "SE") to ask, he was then very angry. As, however, and my team. Well, let everything remain on the conscience of those who started this scam ...
So, after a short program, I flew to fourth place. The struggle for gold could be forgotten. Thank God, I gathered and won silver. In that situation - already an achievement.
Now I understand - maybe for the best, that in Salt Lake faced with similar difficulties. And then in Turin, I would not have a mad motivation.
Although there did not leave the alarm, that again I will cover the "4 + 3" cascade in the short program. Honestly, I went to a jump with a single thought: if only I did not fall! It turned out. And in Vancouver adrenaline went off scale. I did not perform three seasons before the Olympics-2010, it was very difficult to return to the previous level. It seemed that I would go out on the ice - and nothing will come of it. In the end, he overcame himself. Just like four years later - in Sochi.
If in Salt Lake I looked with wide eyes at hockey players and other celebrities, with all I dreamed to meet, talk, then from the next Olympics I behaved quite differently. Closed from the outside world, did not contact anyone, concentrated on work as much as possible. It brought a result. I think that's the way to behave at the Olympics. The first thing is planes. A party, parties, fun - all after. When the competition ends.
Of course, first of all, my attention is focused on the singles tournament. Here the main contenders for the victory are the Japanese Yuzuru Khan and Shoma Uno, American Nathan Chen, Canadian Patrick Chan and Spaniard Javier Fernandez, for whom I will live with all my heart.
We met when Fernandez was eight years old - they spent some time practicing together in the Spanish town of Jaca. The boy was corrupt, he did not give special hopes. And he grew up in a beautiful figure skater, six-time European champion. At the Games, he has never made it to the pedestal. I hope that he will return from Korea with a medal.
I have been friends with Khan for many years, I always support him. This is a unique athlete and a wonderful person, very modest, vulnerable. If he completely recovered from the injury and makes at least a minimum set of jumps - sheepskin, Salchow, more Salchow and two triple Axel - in Pyeongchang will win exactly. Even on the condition that other skaters, including Chen, perform five quads. Because Khanyu in optimal conditions is the cosmos! But more about the phenomenon of the Japanese we'll talk in one of the following columns on the pages of "SE".
As for Russian figure skaters, let's face it. At the moment, for Mikhail Kolyada and Dmitry Aliev, the ultimate dream is getting into the six. It is not realistic to expect more.
I guess we'll stay without awards and in dances. With all due respect to Catherine Bobrova and Dmitry Solovyov, they can not get into the fight for medals. Guys are hard workers, there are no questions. But the Canadians Tessa Virtue and Scott Moira, the French Gabriela Papadakis and Guillaume Sizeroan quite a different level of riding. The programs are much more complicated, interesting, saturated with elements ...
But in pair skating at Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov good chances to catch on prize-winning three. If both programs roll back cleanly, the medal will be, I do not doubt.
By the way, he always refused the role of standard bearer at the opening ceremony. Flag offered to carry and in Turin, and in Vancouver, and in Sochi. I did not do this for two reasons. First, I wanted to save emotions, better prepare for the main start. Even the opening did not go even once. Secondly, it was alarming that for many years our standard bearers at the Olympics remained without medals. Maybe it's just a coincidence. But I preferred not to take chances. And to remove this "curse" was only in Sochi - Alexander Zubkov.
Of course, it's a pity that in Phenchhane we will not have a standard bearer. A white flag with Olympic rings will be borne by a volunteer. In the current situation - probably the right decision. Nevertheless, I will definitely look for the opening. Yes, there is no native tricolor, but our sportsmen are ours!
If we talk about figure skating, then all the broadcasts from Pyeongchang are going to watch live. Do not be embarrassed that it will have to do at five in the morning, and even earlier. To get an alarm clock and wake up so early is not a problem. In addition, what you see is worth the extra hours of sleep. True fans of figure skating, I'm sure they understand me.
Women's main hopes are connected with Zhenya Medvedeva and Alina Zagitova. That's intrigue so intrigue! It is clear, Zhenya has more experience, but Alina also won the European Championship deservedly. I liked both the program and the confidence of this young girl. There are no questions on the technology either, all jumps - with raised hands. Which gives additional advantages in the evaluation.
Which of them do I sympathize with? Now I do not see the point in public about this. So the Olympics will be over, then I'll open the secret. In his final column. In Phenchhane, the one who will be stronger than the nerves will win.
But first we have a team tournament. If we won gold in Sochi, then today the situation is different. In Korea, for a Russian team, any medal will be considered a success. Much depends on the performance of the same Kolyada or Aliev. It is important for them not to look back at their rivals, but to work with dignity. At net hire will give a good score. So in the end? Girls in this kind of program should bring us first place. Couples - in "prizes." The boys and dancers are the fifth-sixth place, but points are also awarded for them. Hence, there is a chance to ascend the pedestal.
However, these are all preliminary layouts. Olympics - a competition where surprises, incidents, and curiosities are possible. Yes anything! How many examples were there when the leaders suddenly fell apart, and the victory was celebrated by those from whom this was not expected.
On the eve of the Games, our athletes were in a very difficult situation. But for some reason it seems to me that the whole story will only add to them anger. Well, on the opening day of the Olympics, I want to wish them nothing to fear and always fight to the end. For the country, for the fans, for the parents, for the wives. And for our anthem. Let him not hear in Pyeongchang, the guys will still try to prove that Russia is a great sports power.
Evgeni Plushenko is insane
https://www.instagram.com/p/Be8UGawg2J9/?taken-by=anais167 Do you know wich steps are those?
Plushenko is my idol. What he was doing on the ice was amazing
Plushy most of the time posts only some words.
Interview three days before the final of men's single skating at the Olympics in Korea. Completely interview about kuzkina mother , about the Olympics and his Academy
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