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The Russian figure skating federation asked the ISU to allow him to compete, with Aleksandr Gorshkov saying that the minimum scores were designed to filter out weak skaters. [60] In January 2012, the ISU released a statement confirming that Plushenko had been allowed to participate in the 2012 European Championships .
Swedish figure skater Gillis Grafström and Russian figure skater Evgeni Plushenko have each won four medals. The only skaters with three consecutive titles are Grafström in men's singles, Sonja Henie for Norway in women's singles, and Irina Rodnina from the Soviet Union in pair skating.
[8] [9] Russian Olympic champion Evgeni Plushenko described Russia's invasion as an "unavoidable special operation". [10] With his wife Yana Rudkovskaya, he developed "patriotic" ice shows to the songs of Shaman. In February 2023, TV Rain published a report on the shows, accusing them of profiting from the war. [11]
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.
Trusova was born on 23 June 2004 in Ryazan. [15] She has two younger brothers, Egor and Ivan. [16] Trusova is a dog lover and owns seven of them: a chihuahua named Tina, who often accompanied her to competitions; [17] a husky named Jack; a miniature royal poodle named Lana, which she received at Rostelecom Cup for winning the 2019 World Junior Figure Skating Championships and landing her first ...
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The second-place finish is the best ever for Team USA in team figure skating competition since the event debuted in Sochi in 2014. Russian pair finishes first despite frightening fall.
The 2014 Russian Figure Skating Championships (Russian: Чемпионат России по фигурному катанию на коньках 2014) was held from 24–27 December 2013 in Sochi. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles , pair skating , and ice dancing .