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Plushenko: Prove to everyone who opened their mouths that Plushenko – not a coward

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The two-time Olympic champion Evgeni Plushenko told why wants to continue its career.

According to the Russian figure skater, he has not put an end to his career on the ice and will certainly try to do so in the near future.

«Why I want to go speak at events? If I had good performance in the individual event in Sochi, would be able to “go” in the top three, it would be possible to say, “Jack, you can leave.” But now the “correct” point is not set.

I want to prove to everyone who opened their mouths that Plushenko – not a coward and did not betray the country that I could not speak because of health “- quoted Plushenko “R-Sport».

Earlier athlete said that he was preparing for this season is a new program that will perform on the ice. It also plans to participate in the next Olympic Games in 2018, which will be his fifth. By the time the athlete will be 35 years.

First Plushenko became the Olympic champion at the Olympic Games 2006 in Turin, winning by a large margin from Swiss Stephane Lambiel.

His next triumph Eugene had to wait eight years – at the Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia skater won her second gold, not only in the individual event and a team event.

Plushenko expected to be in Sochi, a three-time Olympic champion, but this was not to be. Before starting the men’s singles tournament Eugene was forced to withdraw from the competition due to back pain. This provoked a scandal, because theoretically, instead of Eugene could make one of the reservists – or vice-European champion Sergei Voronov, a champion of Russia Maxim Kovtun.

But Eugene until recently expected to take part in the competition, so do not take my candidacy – according to the rules, it could be done for health reasons. In addition, even before the start of the Olympic Games, Plushenko reproached that he was selected for the tournament after a closed car rental, while formally the number one team was going to be Maxim Kovtun – as a champion of Russia.

After the Olympics Sochi Evgeni Plushenko had surgery and was forced to cancel some of their shows. But then he returned to the ice.