Evgeni Plushenko: “I occasionally hear well-known foreign coaches and athletes, how happy they are that the Russians are finally removed.”
Interview with Evgeni Plushenko. About his school, coaching approach, problems of Russian male skaters and ban of [...]
Yana Rudkovskaya: “Women’s figure skating is scarier than show business. Neither men nor pairs have such a concentration of undercurrents, squabbles and intrigues.”
Interview with Yana Rudkovskaya, producer, co-owner of Plushenko's Angels Academy and wife of Evgeni Plushenko. [...]
“Yagudin doesn’t know how to skate. Let him sit and comment.” Evgeni Plushenko about a possible rivalry with Alexei Yagudin at the show program competitions
The old good drama Plushenko vs Yagudin unexpectedly with us again. photo Alexei Avdokhin / sports.ru Evgeni [...]
“He calls on athletes to betray their country.” Russians on Bach’s words about distancing from the war in Ukraine and being able to compete under a neutral flag
Russians commented on the words of the head of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Thomas Bach. Vladimir [...]
“Yuzuru is an outstanding figure skater, a legend that has become part of that golden galaxy of figure skating greats” Russian coaches and skaters about Hanyu retiring from competing professionally.
Russian coaches and skaters about Yuzuru Hanyu retiring from competing professionally. View this post on [...]
Evgeni Plushenko got a grant from Putin for his show “Union of Champions”
Evgeni Plushenko got a grant from Putin for his show "Union of Champions". View this post on Instagram [...]
Alexei Zheleznyakov: “If Tutberidze hadn’t been strict, there wouldn’t have been such results. Her athletes would have been spineless worms that can barely skate. And no one would have known about Tutberidze and her girls”
Interview with the choreographer of Tutberidze's group Alexei Zheleznyakov. About Eteri Tutberidze coaching methods, [...]
Evgeni Plushenko: “I decided to develop pair skating, I’ll say more – we’ll also develop ice dance. Angels of Plushenko should have all kinds of figure skating.”
Evgeni Plushenko said that not only single skaters, but also pairs now train at his Angels of Plushenko [...]
“Coaches can’t control an athlete 24 hours a day, so it’s wrong to say that it’s their fault.” Gurgen Vardanjan head of Hungarian Figure skating federation about Valieva’s doping case
Interview with Gurgen Vardanjan, coach and sports director of Hungarian Figure skating federation. About Trusova, [...]
“The situation is extremely dire. There’s only one alternative left – the Armenian Nationals. But compared to the Worlds this is ridiculous.” Russian coaches about sanctions and cancelation of Rostelecom Cup
Russian coaches about ISU sanctions and cancelation of Grand Prix stage in Russia. photo by REUTERS Ilia [...]
Kirill Sarnovsky: “At Khrustalny it was… very hard. Physically and morally. You have to do almost everything without stopping. Also I can’t train when they yell at me.”
Interview with 15-year-old Kirill Sarnovsky coached by Evgeni Plushenko. View this post on Instagram [...]
Evgeni Plushenko: “There’re situations like at the Olympics for our girls – they compete also off the ice. I’m against it, I always followed the principle – when you took off your skates – be friends.”
Evgeni Plushenko about a chances that Alexandra Trusova and Alena Kostornaia will return to his academy and his [...]
Evgeni Plushenko: “In Salt Lake City, I lost fair. I’m not ashamed of that defeat. I had a strong opponent. Vancouver – it was definitely a state like Trusova had in Beijing.”
Interview with Evgeni Plushenko. Plushenko explained why he believed in the victory of Anna Shcherbakova more than in [...]
Veronika Zhilina “In Plushenko’s group If something hurts we reduce the load. In “Khrustalny”, if something hurts, you still have to jump.”
Interview with Veronika Zhilina. Coached by Evgeni Plushenko 13-year-old figure skater Veronika Zhilina told about [...]
“They have done worse to themselves, there will be no interest in figure skating without our athletes.” Russian functionaries and coaches commented on ISU decision not to allow Russian skaters to compete at the ISU events.
Russian figure skating functionaries and coaches commented on ISU decision not to allow Russian skaters to compete at [...]
Evgeni Plushenko: “If Trusova wants to win gold at the Olympics, she must learn to listen to the coach.”
Interview with Evgeni Plushenko about the Olympics 2022. View this post on Instagram A post [...]
“Sasha wanted five quadruple jumps, she did them. She should be satisfied.” Tarasova and other coaches about Alexandra Trusova
Russian coaches about Alexandra Trusova's five guads and second place at the Olympics 2022. View this post [...]
Evgeni Plushenko: “Judges were incredibly generous to Valieva. She made a serious mistake, but got fabulous scores. Honestly, I’m surprised.”
Two-time Olympic champion Evgeni Plushenko summed up the results of women's short program at the Olympics. [...]
Evgeni Plushenko: “Trusova is incredibly talented girl. But instead of chasing records, she needs to focus on what she can do best.”
Evgeni Plushenko in his author's column speaks about Kamila Valieva, Anna Shcherbakova and Alexandra Trusova. [...]
Vladimir Samoilov: Tutberidze said “Either you are training, or if your back hurts, sit at home and do not come again.”
Interview with former Russian skater Vladimir Samoilov who now represents Poland. About trainings with Tutberidze's [...]
Evgeni Plushenko: “Everyone understands everything, everyone sees. The whole world cannot understand where such points for Shcherbakova come from.”
Evgeni Plushenko about the competition between Anna Shcherbakova and Elizaveta Tuktamysheva for a place in the team [...]
“They took away her second place, apparently, they really needed this one point!” Yana Rudkovskaya about changes in the protocols of Sofia Muravieva
Sofia Muravieva who represents Angels of Plushenko Academy and was second after the short program at the Russian [...]
“I understand, before it was possible to humiliate children in Soviet sports schools, but now is a different time!” Yana Rudkovskaya about Tatiana Tarasova’s comment
Another comment from Yana Rudkovskaya about Tatiana Tarasova's words regarding her and Evgeni Plushenko's son Sasha [...]
Yana Rudkovskaya: “I don’t think Tutberidze is the greatest coach. What is great about the conveyor of female athletes, practically children, who don’t have senior career in sports?”
Yesterday in the TV show on the NTV Channel, Russian Honored Coach Tatiana Tarasova, spoke on a variety of topics in [...]