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Evgeni Plushenko: we tried to make a new PlushenkoToday, 15 September, in Odintsovo team Russia test skate went on. The highlight was the performance of Olympic champion Evgeni Plushenko. After skating Evgeni Plushenko answered the questions of the special correspondent of the portal TEAM RUSSIA-2014.- Zhenya, Tatiana Anatolievna Tarasova confessed to us that she cried during all your training.- Tatyana Anatolievna was on my practice before test skating. I skated there quite a bit ...
- Nevertheless, it made a strong impression on her.- Many thanks to her.
- Today your skating was like lace on ice. We can see that you worked a lot on the dance elements.- No, I can not say my today skating was brilliant. It was only a working draft. I had not a task to skate here in full force. The most important was the quadruple Salchow, which, I think, I basically did. It was the first time I tried this jump in competition, because for me test skating is still a competitive process. I am pleased with all executed jumps - they were smooth, light. So, my task for today is done. Although in general the program still needs to be polished more and more. This is just a skeleton of what it should be. As for the dance elements - we really worked hard in summer. With Camerlengo, Miyamoto, David Avdysh, Sergei Petukhov. In summer I managed to work with four choreographers. Plus my inner moves, ideas.
- Where do you plan to perform after the test skate?- First, I'll have a small show in Italy, after that I'll prepare for the Japan Open. This is an important event, where Canadian Patrick Chan, Japanese Daisuke Takahashi will compete. In Japan I'll skate the free program, which was shown here, on the classic theme. We will complete it because, I repeat once again, the program is still very raw.
- Perhaps the program is raw, as you say, but the impression it made is very strong. It seems that new Plushenko is skating.- We tried to make a new Plushenko. Totally new choreography, completely new moves. The body works in a different way. It is definitely a new image.
- This season you skip the Grand Prix. Why was that decision made?- Because as I said many times my main competitions are the Olympic Games in Sochi. Everything else is the training process. I can train and prepare not competing at the Grand Prix events. I am not at that age - I am not 18 or 20 years old, and to fight at the Grand Prix does not make sense. Youngsters, of course, need these competitions. And I needn’t to prove anything to anybody. I have to do my work for the people, for myself and for the country. Priority we have defined are the Games in Sochi, and all the rest is the preparations for them.
- In general, you are happy with your first skating?- Yes, of course. Once again, I made today a new quad. Even though with a mistake. Still with a little one - on the landing I touched the ice with my left heel. I need to complete working on it a little, to remember my youth. This year I will jump quadruple Salchow and quadruple toe loop.
- Does this mean that all health problems left behind?- Knock on wood!! I did the right thing when I insisted German doctor to do a surgery after the European Championships. It was re-operation. It went good. Otherwise, I would have this problem now, and my leg would still bother me.