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Two exciting showsTwo shows in three days, this is what Plushenko gave Italian fans.
We had the privilege of watching the new programs as a world preview, just after the Russian nationals. Folks, it was another confirmation that undoubtedly we have to watch Plushenko live.
Even we have watched the RN on streaming, only by watching him live we become aware of the beauty of this costumes and the intensity of his programs. They had the unique pathos of the programs performed by the skater who gave figure skating lots of fans.
Needless to say that it’s definitely worth to watch him on the shows in this period, because he has just come back to competitions and he’s in excellent shape. Moreover, without the anxious atmosphere of competitions, it’s possible to watch Evgeni playing with the audience on ice, living the music and, besides that, making the show technical level higher.
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Milano Golden Gala...
the show reached its climax when the tsar entered the ice rink, wearing a sparkling costume.
A wonderful audience welcomed the SP “Storm” heartily. We appreciated the straight line step sequence very much. It had a perfect Plushenko-style swell of intensity that reached that typical speedy at the and (thanks to the change of rhythm) that drives the audience crazy.
At the end of his performance, Evgeni thanked the president of ISU, Ottavio Cinquanta for his support. After that, he thanked all for their support (it’s important to notice that on the same day the ISU officially allowed Evgeni to take part in the EC, even if he has only taken part in one competition in the last two years, and so he didn’t reach the minimum score to compete in Sheffield. They gave Evgeni the authorisation because this rule has the only aim of preventing lower – level athletes to compete at the EC).
Evgeni’s free program, Tango Roxanne, as intense as his SP, got a good success and a standing ovation. The quantity and high quality of jumps left us breathless. Actually, we already got used to it, but we knew he started training on jumps just ten days before Russian Nationals, and this really made us astonished about his capacity of recovering his technical abilities in such a short time.
We already saw something like this last summer in Pinzolo: there, three weeks after surgery, he already started jumping quads. Last autumn he had other problems with his knee and so he had to postpone his comeback. At the moment he has some problems because of a cyst, and he has to undergo surgery in the next months. So, it’s not possible to have long-term forecast now, but it’s confirmed that Evgeni will take part in the EC.
At the end of the show, a smiling Plushenko signed autographs and took photos with his fans.
But emotions weren’t over: two days later, Evgeni delighted us by taking part in the show Capodanno on Ice.
Unfortunately, we could meet him just for a short time before the show, and he wished us a happy new year. Inseparable Yana and her blond-haired children were with him.
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Evgeni wisely kept Tango Roxanne as his last performance and showed energy and an incredible push. He’s a real force of nature! The ice rose after every movement of his blades.
His expression was sometimes strong, sometimes intense and his costume shone in the spins. He interacted with the audience and did jumps one after another with great naturalness (he also did combos 3T+3T and 3A, etc…). These are the ingredients of a 4minutes performances that shows Evgeni’s 1000 facets, and this makes you feel so many different feelings in such a short time that his performance becomes an intense emotional experience. As a matter of fact, you can easily notice that some people in the audience were moved by it. Which skater can make people feel this way? At the very least, Evgeni deserves a mention for his 3A, that we already saw at Russian Nationals and seems to be even better. Without fear of confutation, we can say that it’s one of the most beautiful 3A in the world.
Now we’re waiting for the Euro Championships in Sheffield. Actually, we’re not on the ice, but our level of adrenaline rises, too. Go Evgeni!