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After the end of world figure skating championship 2005 Evgeni Plushenko addressed through the famous newspaper "Moskovsky komsomolec" all the fans of figure skating.
Evgeni Plushenko, who has withdrawn from the world figure skating championships because of an injury, left Moscow only yesterday. Before departure from Moscow the figure skater gave the first and only interview for these days to observer of "Moskovsky komsomolec" , Irina Stepanceva with the request to place his address to all fans of figure skating. "I tried very hard. I fought. I fought for three places for Russia for the Olympic Games. But my bad form, only two weeks of trainings and a heavy injury have not allowed me this opportunity - to help our team. The Doctors of CITO ( Moscow Central traumatological Institute)where I was being inspected these days, have told that I have my groin's ligament slightly torn. Treatment will take some weeks, after that the regenerative period is necessary. I know, that not all the people think that my decision to withdraw the Worlds was right. Some people told me: it's not important if you become second or third - you still will be a national hero. But such offers are unacceptable for me in principle. I can not fight half-heartedly and I don't want to earn undeserved emotions. I did my best and I will always do my best in the future . I'm sorry that in Moscow I couldn't show the performance, which the fans of the figure skating were expecting and had every right to expect." Yours Evgeni Plushenko. Now Evgeni will have a short rest, after that the treatment will start . He will not participate in the Collins's tour COI – getting ready for Olympic Games is the most important for Evgeni now. We have seen in Moscow how the competition of the highest level looks like without Evgeni Plushenko puts the bar and forms the nature of fight for all competitions. He creates the spirit of fight. Only the experts can judge about Evgeni's decision to perform at the Worlds in Moscow and about his planning of competitions for the present season. A famous coach Valentin Nikolaev, for example, says: "It's a very delicate question. Only coach and the sportsman can answer it. On the one hand there are a prestige of the country and the wish to fight, on the other hand there are also other components. Something made Evgeni fight. I don't think it was a pressure from above. It's impossible because of Mishin's high professionalism. He would not allow his injured pupil to perform on ice without a serious reason. I think that Evgeni performed in Moscow because he can not to give up. To see what is Plushenko for figure skating today you just have to remember how the competition was without him. Everybody has landed " on his back ". Because they used "to bite" the leader dog. As the leader has disappeared, the herd has become lost and confused. Because it's easy to bite, but it's next to impossible to take the leader's place. All of them used to sit and wait behind Plushenko’s back for his one mistake, which might enable them to beat him. In fact nobody of his present rivals has ever beaten him unquestionable and direct. I think as soon as Evgenyi gets well, everything will be back to normal. "Moskovsky komsomolec" can’t help l but agree with these words …
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