Hi everyone!!
I would like to share my opinion about: "Kovtun - 19th. Save us, Plushenko! Two Olympic champions - Yagudin and Plushenko about failure of our young athletes in London".
I think opinions from Yagudin came from a sceptical position and also external that is useful to take into consideration, of course. But I am disagree with him and many others who talking about big changes in figure skating. I am not an expert but I think that they (Yagudin and of all, Evgeny) were who impelled real changes in figure skating under Alexey Mishin coaching.
Today everybody is talking about skaters that including 2 or 3 quads in his FP as deserving medals. Many of them (includes the ignorant commentator at Spanish TV) were so critical with Evgeny when He said that an Olympic figure skater champion without quads no were a real Oly champion (Vancouver 2010). And many of those skaters,-OK, includes quads- but the majority fall. About artistic merits… I am sorry but no one skater (single men) could move me feelings at lasted Worlds. There was any good program but not really with important contribution or remarkable artistic aspect (I would like to know if jurors are ex-skaters only because an expert jury for artistic aspects should have professionals from disciplines like music, dance, choreographers, actors, etc).
Obviously, if Chan won at these Worlds is no caused for changes at figure skating or because was the best or a revolutionary skater.
Yagudin is a great, great skater but he takes many years off competition making excellent exhibitions but his level of demand cannot be compared with Evgeny one.
Evgeny is competitive today (I hope for his fully recovery) not for his past, because his skating is evolving every day with him in all aspects.
About Maxim Kovtun, I hope will be forget this hard trance. He is not prepared no skate neither competitive aspects for present responsibility. Both unfair and hard situation for him!.
And Plushy: "I have plan. The first plan - to get well, and so far I have no deviation from my plan"
What to say!. Here is our best Evgeny. Brilliant, clever, skillful with words as with his skates, intelligent, prudent, coherent, in strength mood and also so patient (what we always asked Him for). He is realistic but full of illusion. I feel him really good!.
I hope that pain never happens again. I am sure that pure air and food helps him.
What will happen?, will see, but He is above childish disputes and results actually.
Only I wish him to recover fully and to enjoy in everything that he will do.