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http://www.examiner.com/figure-skating- ... z1hfKmXeVUPlushenko announces return emphatically with ninth Russian titleThe Russian legend is back (again) – 2006 Olympic champion Evgeni Plushenko made a strong return to competition by winning the Russian Figure Skating Championships today for the ninth time in his career. He has been undefeated at the competition since the 1997-98 season (he did not compete in five of those championships). In the process, he prevented his training mate, World bronze medalist Artur Gachinski, from taking the gold.
Leading by just over four points after the short program, there was no indication that Plushenk would run away with the title given the strength of the top Russian men. But he held his own against the young talent and then some, winning the free skate with a quad toe and five triples. He had trouble later in the program, doubling a triple lutz and then stepping out of a second triple lutz. But his 259.67 was good enough for a ten-point win.
Gachinski took his second silver in as many years with a strong free skate that had more difficult technical content than Plushenko did. He held off two-time Russian champion Sergei Voronov, who is looking much stronger after an injury derailed his season last year. Voronov jumps from fifth to take the bronze with his effort, winning his first Russian medal since taking the silver to Plushenko two years ago.
MEN1. Evgeni Plushenko – 259.67
2. Artur Gachinski – 249.58
3. Sergei Voronov – 240.79
4. Zhan Bush – 223.30
5. Artur Dmitriev – 220.29
6. Konstanin Menshov – 219.28
7. Ivan Bariev – 219.87
8. Gordei Gorshkov – 210.28
9. Stanislav Kovalev – 203.33
10. Artem Grigoriev – 201.06
11. Artem Borodulin – 194.81
12. Maxim Kovtun – 193.93
13. Mark Shakhmatov – 178.35
14. Stanislav Samokhin – 169.73
15. Feodosiy Efremenkov – 166.07
16. Alexander Stepanov – 165.34
17. Vladislav Sezganov – 164.19
WD Ivan Tretiakov