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Plushenko won’t relinquish Sochi dream
Published: 08 September, 2010, 16:38
Edited: 10 September, 2010, 02:41
Olympic champion Evgeny Plushenko is planning to submit a request for the reinstatement of his status as an amateur figure skater in order to take part in his home Sochi 2014 Winter Games.
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that's all very nice, but he got a SILVER medal in Vancouver, losing the gold to Evan Lisacheck
Plushenko won a silver medal in Canada, for goodness sakes! He should have been first. However, I don't see how his body will take another four years, and I think the Russians should devote the resources to others.
Needs correction.... He gained silver at Vancouver, not bronze.
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Plushenko had silver, not bronze in Canada, and it was a very, very close call. His program was far more complex, with quads, than the US skater who only had tripple jumps, but US skater presumably had a cleaner program. Why Plushenko was disqualified? No mystery there. After disappointing result in Canada he publically disagreed with his second place, saying that it was fixed and criticised ISU for diminishing the standards in the sport, which, according to him, has regressed since he left in 2006. This is ISU's way of getting back at him for sharp criticism. RT correspondents should do their homework!