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Evgeni Plushenko, except route changes to be unlikely, will not take part in the Rostelecom Cup, the sixth and final stage of qualifying for the Grand Prix.
Wednesday 13 November 2013 2 minutes reading time
The news was disclosed Later in the morning by the President of the Russian Federation Alexander Gorshkov.
the seven-time European champion, fresh from convincing return to competition in Riga, he would, in fact, expressed its intention to concentrate its'' atteznioni exclusively on'' training session ahead of the National Championships to be held in Sochi at the end of December.
Moreover, even in the Volvo Cup in the past week, Pluhsenko got the minimum technical score to take part in any ISU Championships and the Olympic Games, another reason why the presence in the Rostelecom Cup can be considered redundant.
In this regard, they can smile athletes such as Maxim Kovtun, who will face an opponent listed in less and have more chances to gain access to the'' final.
The place of'' student of Alexei Mishin, comptenza of the Russian Federation, could be attributed to Sergei Voronov or Konstantin Menshov, both veterans of the NHK Trophy in Tokyo.
Goshkov commented on the situation with the following words "'' It's really a shame what happened. Evgeni is an outstanding athlete, an idol for many."
ATHLETES ENTERED THE CUP ROSTELECOM
(FRA) Brian JOUBERT (GER) Peter LIEBERS (JPN) Tatsuki MACHIDA (RUS) GACHINSKI Artur (RUS) Maxim Kovtun (SPA) Javier FERNANDEZ (USA) Richard Dornbush (USA) Joshua FARRIS (UZB) Misha GE
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