Evgeni Plushenko: “They sent me a video of the American, super athlete, and genius Ilia Malinin doing three backflips in a row at a show. And that’s a sensation! But my student, Lyuba Rubtsova, did this much earlier.”

Coach and two-time Olympic champion Evgeni Plushenko commented on Ilia Malinin’s triple backflip, noting that his student Lyuba Rubtsova performed the feat earlier and even managed four in a row.

original source: Telegram

Coach and two-time Olympic champion Evgeni Plushenko shared his thoughts on the series of backflips performed by three-time world champion Ilia Malinin. Here’s a translation of his comments.

“They sent me a video of the American, super athlete, and genius Ilia Malinin doing three backflips in a row at a show. And that’s a sensation! But my student, Russian skater Lyuba Rubtsova, did this much earlier at our shows in January.

And just to show the strength of Russian skaters from ‘Plushenko’s Angels,’ Lyuba even polished off four in a row.

Can’t catch up with us? Want to try?” Plushenko wrote on his Telegram channel, posting a video of Rubtsova performing the backflips.

Related topics: Evgeni Plushenko, Ilia Malinin