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 2 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.
We now await the statements of the protagonist.
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