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Plushenko was born on 3 November 1982 in Dzhamku , Solnechny District, Khabarovsk Krai, Soviet Union. [5] His mother was originally from Volgograd, Russian SFSR, and his father, a carpenter, [6] was born in Donetsk, Russia. [7] He has an older sister. [6] Plushenko lived in Volgograd before moving to Saint Petersburg in 1994.
As of today, Plushenko is, without a doubt, the best figure skater in the world and quite justifiably so. He has a lot more difficult technical elements in his arsenal than others. The main thing is that he performed a quadruple toe loop – and that's what is expected of a real champion. Figure skating is not a ballet but a sporting competition.
Several Russian-born skaters sparked shock in countries where they had been granted citizenship. In March 2022, Czech media outlet Blesk reported that Jelizaveta Žuková, a pair skater who had acquired Czech citizenship a few months earlier, had liked an Instagram post by Evgeni Plushenko expressing support for the invasion. The Czech Figure ...
Defending Olympic men's figure skating champion Russian Evgeni Plushenko was obviously bitter about losing the gold in Vancouver to American Evan Lysacek, despite completing a quad jump, which ...
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Evgeni Plushenko won gold in men's singles in 2006 and team event gold in 2014. Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov were the first skaters to win multiple events at a single Olympics, winning in both pairs and the team event. Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir matched this feat four years later, earning golds in ice dance and the team event.
Kirill Marchenko and Kent Johnson scored in the shootout and the Columbus Blue Jackets rallied to beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-3 on Tuesday night. Elvis Merzlikins, who made 20 saves, stopped ...
Evgeni Plushenko won the preliminary round. [6] The top 11 skaters advanced from the preliminary round to the short program, joining 17 direct entries. [7] Jason Thompson who placed 13th also advanced as the representative of the host country. [7] Artur Gachinski narrowly won the short program ahead of Plushenko. [8]