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Passion for Plushenko
The dramatic conclusion of the career of the famous skater caused the most contradictory responses of his fans and critics , Russian skater Evgeny Plushenko completed performances at the Sochi Olympics due to injury and announced the end of his career. In Russia, he is criticized for a too persistent desire to participate in games that did not bring the result, but deprived other athletes of the place in the national team.
Evgeny Plushenko refused to participate in the Olympics just before the start of a short program. Going to the warm -up on the ice, he felt a sharp pain in his back. The athlete has a serious spinal injury, he underwent 12 operations. After consulting with coach Alexei Mishin, Plushenko announced the completion of his sports career. His agent Ari Zakaryan told the AiF-Petersburg that Plushenko would recover and would be able to perform with the show program of the Champions and Friends show after 2 weeks during the planned tour: "There was very little time to come to his senses after team competitions. It would be a week, he would have managed to recover."
Opinions about Plushenko’s act were divided - some call the very fact of his participation in the Games as a feat, since it is risky to participate in the spine on the spine. "Health is more important", "The main thing is that he brought gold in team competitions", etc. Others recall the selection process of Plushenko , saying that, due to the decision of the figure skating federation, Russia for the first time in a long time was left without medals in men's solitary figure skating, and the young skater, the champion of Russia in figure skating, Maxim Kovtun could not prove that worthy of games.
In an interview with Rossiy Gazeta, Plushenko himself denied some speculation:
“Some people think that we have been planning all this for a long time: to take“ gold ”in the team and get out. But this is a lie! Damn pain, she confused everything. And it is difficult to walk with her. I did everything for the national team, for those who believed in me. What is the pain this time is stronger. I will fight with it. And thanks to me, but now it was possible to do anything”, but now it was possible to do anything, but now it was done. athlete.
The most discussed reaction is the leader of the LDPR Vladimir Zhirinovsky. On Twitter, he wrote: “They don’t think about the completion of a career at the Olympics. These are games, eat - either win, or don’t go out at all”:
- Evgeny Plushenko was an excellent skater who played for our country has a huge amount of merits, but all this is in the past. I personally think, and on behalf of the faction, I say that the act that Plushenko and the coaching headquarters committed, which deprived our country even hopes for medals in this type of competition, is a betrayal in relation to our country. And most importantly, betrayal in relation to that young 18-year-old skater who had the opportunity to speak at this Olympics and probably, we are sure, would bring some medal to our country. As for the injury of Eugene himself, this is difficult, but we have a lot of examples of athletes who go out and conquer medals with injury. And such an athlete is in the LDPR faction, in the person of Dmitry Nosov, who, with a broken hand at the Olympics, brought the Olympic bronze of our country. This is an example of the athlete's heroism.
- Vladimir Zhirinovsky said that, in his opinion, it is necessary to limit the age of athletes who participate in the Olympics, 25 years and not to allow to perform injuries. You yourself just said about your colleague who performed with a broken hand.
- It is difficult for me to comment on what Vladimir Volfovich said. But, firstly, Dmitry Nosov received this injury directly during the Olympic Games. There was no longer the opportunity to change it. Plushenko’s injury is old. And everyone knew perfectly well that he was sick. It was not necessary to go at all if you are sick, to the Olympics. As for the restrictions, I'm not sure that we can do this, because we have a lot of examples of age athletes. It is not age that is not of age, but still the attitude of the athlete himself and the coaching staff. The fact that Plushenko was not replaced by Kovtun immediately after team competitions is a mistake of the coaching staff.
- Do you share the opinion that it is necessary, at least, to remove the head of the Federation Alexander Gorshkov for such a wrong decision?
- We generally have a difficult situation with sports federations. This is the subject of careful proceedings after the Olympics. To date, the federations are left to itself. In the USSR, the Minister of Sports controlled all the Federations. And we remember perfectly well that the Soviet Union brought more gold medals to our country than, unfortunately, this is happening now, ”said Igor Lebedev .
The candidate for master of sports in basketball, the independent State Duma deputy Dmitry Gudkov considers such statements by populist - "it would be better if the parliamentary opposition limited the president’s term for two" - and stands up for Polushchenko. Dmitry Gudkov insists: a sport with politics cannot be mixed, you need to support young athletes and provide them with normal conditions of professional growth:
- It is quite difficult and stupid to go against nature. I understand what an injury is. I can only regret that this injury is at Plushenko. To criticize a person who has done quite a lot for the country is wrong and unfair. Everything happens in sports. It is also impossible to criticize him for allegedly because someone did not go. I don't think this decision is Plushenko. This decision is sports officials. So, at some point they appreciated Plushenko’s chances higher than any other athlete.
- I can't help but mention Zhirinovsky, is this another conscious populist move?
- Of course, this is absolute populism. They are used to installing filters - just like in politics. Let them first ensure that the presidents do not hold a post more than two times. If politicians begin to regulate sport, then nothing will remain from sports. Instead of establishing some rules for the formation of the Olympic team, it was necessary not to spend $ 50 billion on the Olympics, but like all other countries-a maximum of 10-15.
Some Russian fans are condemned by Plushenko, including the decision itself to participate in the Olympics, which did not allow Kovtun to speak. The sports observer of the RS Alexei Kuznetsov separately and in detail about this.
Evgeny Plushenko refused to participate in the Olympics just before the start of a short program. Going to the warm -up on the ice, he felt a sharp pain in his back. The athlete has a serious spinal injury, he underwent 12 operations. After consulting with coach Alexei Mishin, Plushenko announced the completion of his sports career. His agent Ari Zakaryan told the AiF-Petersburg that Plushenko would recover and would be able to perform with the show program of the Champions and Friends show after 2 weeks during the planned tour: "There was very little time to come to his senses after team competitions. It would be a week, he would have managed to recover."
Opinions about Plushenko’s act were divided - some call the very fact of his participation in the Games as a feat, since it is risky to participate in the spine on the spine. "Health is more important", "The main thing is that he brought gold in team competitions", etc. Others recall the selection process of Plushenko , saying that, due to the decision of the figure skating federation, Russia for the first time in a long time was left without medals in men's solitary figure skating, and the young skater, the champion of Russia in figure skating, Maxim Kovtun could not prove that worthy of games.
In an interview with Rossiy Gazeta, Plushenko himself denied some speculation:
“Some people think that we have been planning all this for a long time: to take“ gold ”in the team and get out. But this is a lie! Damn pain, she confused everything. And it is difficult to walk with her. I did everything for the national team, for those who believed in me. What is the pain this time is stronger. I will fight with it. And thanks to me, but now it was possible to do anything”, but now it was possible to do anything, but now it was done. athlete.
The most discussed reaction is the leader of the LDPR Vladimir Zhirinovsky. On Twitter, he wrote: “They don’t think about the completion of a career at the Olympics. These are games, eat - either win, or don’t go out at all”:
Zhenya, Zhenya ... They do not think about the completion of their careers at the Olympics. These are games, Zhen - either win, or do not go out at all.
- Zhirinovsky V.V. (@Zhirinovskiy) February 13, 2014- Evgeny Plushenko was an excellent skater who played for our country has a huge amount of merits, but all this is in the past. I personally think, and on behalf of the faction, I say that the act that Plushenko and the coaching headquarters committed, which deprived our country even hopes for medals in this type of competition, is a betrayal in relation to our country. And most importantly, betrayal in relation to that young 18-year-old skater who had the opportunity to speak at this Olympics and probably, we are sure, would bring some medal to our country. As for the injury of Eugene himself, this is difficult, but we have a lot of examples of athletes who go out and conquer medals with injury. And such an athlete is in the LDPR faction, in the person of Dmitry Nosov, who, with a broken hand at the Olympics, brought the Olympic bronze of our country. This is an example of the athlete's heroism.
Igor Lebedev (Zhirinovsky Jr.)
- Vladimir Zhirinovsky said that, in his opinion, it is necessary to limit the age of athletes who participate in the Olympics, 25 years and not to allow to perform injuries. You yourself just said about your colleague who performed with a broken hand.
- It is difficult for me to comment on what Vladimir Volfovich said. But, firstly, Dmitry Nosov received this injury directly during the Olympic Games. There was no longer the opportunity to change it. Plushenko’s injury is old. And everyone knew perfectly well that he was sick. It was not necessary to go at all if you are sick, to the Olympics. As for the restrictions, I'm not sure that we can do this, because we have a lot of examples of age athletes. It is not age that is not of age, but still the attitude of the athlete himself and the coaching staff. The fact that Plushenko was not replaced by Kovtun immediately after team competitions is a mistake of the coaching staff.
- Do you share the opinion that it is necessary, at least, to remove the head of the Federation Alexander Gorshkov for such a wrong decision?
- We generally have a difficult situation with sports federations. This is the subject of careful proceedings after the Olympics. To date, the federations are left to itself. In the USSR, the Minister of Sports controlled all the Federations. And we remember perfectly well that the Soviet Union brought more gold medals to our country than, unfortunately, this is happening now, ”said Igor Lebedev .
The candidate for master of sports in basketball, the independent State Duma deputy Dmitry Gudkov considers such statements by populist - "it would be better if the parliamentary opposition limited the president’s term for two" - and stands up for Polushchenko. Dmitry Gudkov insists: a sport with politics cannot be mixed, you need to support young athletes and provide them with normal conditions of professional growth:
It is quite difficult and stupid to go against nature
- It is quite difficult and stupid to go against nature. I understand what an injury is. I can only regret that this injury is at Plushenko. To criticize a person who has done quite a lot for the country is wrong and unfair. Everything happens in sports. It is also impossible to criticize him for allegedly because someone did not go. I don't think this decision is Plushenko. This decision is sports officials. So, at some point they appreciated Plushenko’s chances higher than any other athlete.
- I can't help but mention Zhirinovsky, is this another conscious populist move?
- Of course, this is absolute populism. They are used to installing filters - just like in politics. Let them first ensure that the presidents do not hold a post more than two times. If politicians begin to regulate sport, then nothing will remain from sports. Instead of establishing some rules for the formation of the Olympic team, it was necessary not to spend $ 50 billion on the Olympics, but like all other countries-a maximum of 10-15.
Dmitry Gudkov
And to send everything else to the construction of sports halls, ice stadiums, to support children and youth sports. I was engaged in basketball in a professional sports school from 1988 to 1998. We had the opportunity to go to the summer camp, participate in various international competitions, we always had a free form. And there were serious successes. What is happening in children's sports now? There is no money for the competition. Sports grounds have not been repaired for a long time. Parents themselves are forced to buy the form. Naturally, the sport becomes very expensive, and the conditions in which the athletes train are left to be desired, to put it mildly, ”says Dmitry Gudkov .Some Russian fans are condemned by Plushenko, including the decision itself to participate in the Olympics, which did not allow Kovtun to speak. The sports observer of the RS Alexei Kuznetsov separately and in detail about this.