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Part of interview with Irina Rodnina...
Роднина и Родина (Rodnina and Мotherland)12 Sept. celebrates its anniversary Irina Rodnina, now - the State Duma deputy, chairman of the All-Russia Central Council of Voluntary Association "Sports Russia", and forever - three-time Olympic champion in pair skating. On the occasion, at the palace "Megasport" will show featuring well-known Russia's figure skaters, musicians, artists ....
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And, what about single skaters?
Plushenko returned, specifically for Games-2010?
- Rodnina: "God bless to Zhenya health and luck, but examples of a similar comeback of skaters have not been. Three years out of the competition - a lot.
After the birth of a son, I missed the season, and then at the first exit on the audience, fled in ecstasy ... and collapsed on ice. A nursing mother! It sobered me instantly.
Going back is always difficult. Especially with Plushenko's previously problems with the short program. Of course, I will be very glad if Evgeni will win. Worse another: even a miracle happened, behind leader there is no one, shifts is not visible."......
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Вера wrote:Алексей Мишин: «Так нужно!»
8 сентября 2009, 17:58 | Игорь Зубов, МR7....
http://www.mr7.ru/sport/other/story_17514.htmlSeptember 8, 2009, 17:58 | Igor Zubov, MR7Alexei Mishin: «It must!»
Evgeni Plushenko's coach Alexei Mishin asked not shooting to video, first performance, after a long break at the public, figure skater Evgeni Plushenko« It must! The fact that the
performance in the "St. Petersburg's Cup" (amateur competition), for us have training character », - confessed to correspondent "MR7" coach of Olympic champion.
Alexei Mishin said that at a tournament in St. Petersburg, which will be held in the "northern capital", from 9 to 11 September, his student will present new program.
08/09/2009, RIA NovostiPlushenko started way into the Olympic's Vancouver to "St. Petersburg's Cup"Olympic gold medalist in figure skating, for the first time after a long break, will performance at amateur competitions - "St. Petersburg's Cup", which will be held in the northern capital, from 9 to 11 September, told "RIA Novosti", president of the St. Petersburg's Federation of figure skating Oleg Nilov.
Plushenko retired from amateur skating after the Olympics 2006 in Turin, but more recently he actively trains, with an eye on the Olympics-2010. "St. Petersburg's Cup" will be the first "trial stone" for the famous athlete, on his way to the Canadian's Vancouver.
Nilov, leader of the political party "Fair Russia" in the city parliament, which includes the deputy Plushenko, added that Evgeni still will combine sports activities with the deputy of the city parliament. In April, speaker of the Federation Council "Fair Russia" Sergei Mironov, said that the question of resignation Plushenko's in "St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly" can be resolved, only after the party will find for him a worthy replacement in the city parliament.
In turn, Plushenko's coach Alexei Mishin said that at a tournament in St. Petersburg, skater will present his new program.
Mishin has asked journalists not take photographs and videos the first Evgeni's apperances in public, after a long interruption.President of the Russian Federation of figure skating (FFKKR) Valentin Piseev, told "RIA Novosti" that the tournament in St. Petersburg can not be considered as return Plushenko in amateur sports, because of the low status of this competition.
"St. Petersburg's Cup" is not even in the list of major federations national and international competitions in figure skating", - said Piseev.
President FFKKR called "a more serious level" of the upcoming September 19-20, Plushenko's performance on "Katok.Ru" on Rublevke and Odintsovo. Piseyev also marked the date of the full return of Evgeni in amateur sports - is the second stage of the "Russian Cup", which will be held in Perm in early October.
In addition, the skater has included in its calendar of the Moscow "Grand Prix", which will be held October 22-25 at the Palace of Sports "Megasport", and the Championship of Russia in St. Petersburg, 23-27 December.
If the skater will perform well in the Championship of Russia, the next his competition will be European Championship in Estonia in January 2010, following which will form the final composition of the National team of Russia, at the Olympic Games in Vancouver.
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- video (and text):
http://www.tv100.ru/news/Imenitye-figurist...-na-ljod-13307/Moskvina about pair Kavaguti/Smirnov, and "St. Petersburg's Cup"