Figure skating - European Championships, 2013, Zagreb
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Evgeni Plushenko retired after the short program of the European Championships ended in sixth place.
Thursday 24 January 2013 5 minutes reading time
The decision, announced after the conclusion of the first segment of the race, was, in any case,'' in the air for days because the holder of the European title was reported in poor physical condition and in the course of the training session yesterday had appeared quite sufferer.
In the past, he had already been a situation analogy. In 2005, in fact, when the World Championships were held in Moscow, the Russian champion retired after finishing the short-program in fifth place. '' Even at that time, the presence in the race since the eve of Plushenko was a major doubt, but the'' student of Alexei Mishin also wanted to take part in both the qualification program that the short program.
Today, as nearly eight years ago, the thirty stationed in St. Petersburg did not exceed eighty lengths, posting the lowest score of his career. In 2005, he was forced to retire due to a groin injury all'' in the spring and ended up under the knife to fix the problem. L'' abandonment of today was, however, determined by back pain.
Here are the first statements in the heat of Evgeni Plushenko after the short program of the European Figure Skating Championships underway in Zagreb and the consequent withdrawal from the competition for back problems that have limited these days: "It is a tragedy the wrong axel, it can happen, although I do not remember the last time I'' l'' I have not performed the best. however I do not understand what happened. Maybe I just was in a hurry to do the triple axel to finish the program as soon as possible because of the accident. " Despite the result below expectations the seven-time European champion did not make excuses: "My preparation for the Europeans was intense and precise, but in the last few hours have occurred many minor ailments that have affected me negatively. Certainly the change the last minute of the program has affected the performance today. "
Today, the Russian skater got the lowest score of his career in the short program due to errors on the triple Axel and Lutz.
"We removed the quadruple jump because of my injury," said Plushenko, "and, apparently, I could not even complete the triple." The Russian had to say even with the inspectors of the race, rei d ' have not hindered consetendogli to perform the classic warm-up, "they began to touch me and stop me, telling me not to go there or to go in there and I was greatly annoyed.'s not possible that such things happen in these events, but I missed the short course for it. "
Coach Alexei Mishin essentially reiterated the thoughts of Plushenko and, when asked about the soundness of the decision to participate in the European Championship glossed by saying that with the if and buts do not go very far. "My position is that a person who lives in sport must compete, otherwise one is better that you devote to them."
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