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News Archives from Season 2003/2004 (Part 2) Note: Some older links may not work anymore. April 7, 2004: Evgeni won yesterday his last competition of this season: The "Marshalls World Skating Challenge" in the USA! He beated Brian Joubert to second place and third is Johnny Weir. His Marks:
Tech: 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.7 5.8 Here you can find Photos: http://community.webshots.com/album/132040868whYkyR/1 Now he continues to skate at the tour "Champions on Ice" in the USA until May 2nd. March 31, 2004: Evgeni is in the USA now to participate in the tour Champions on Ice from April 3 - May 2. On April 6, he will be at the competition "Marshalls World Skating Challenge" also in the USA. Many photos of the World Championships will come soon as well as a video of Evgeni's whole new exhibition!! World Championships news and results:
March 25, 2004: He did a wonderful program to "Nijinsky", he received four 6.0's for his performance but he had a weird fall on the entrance of the loop but that actually didn't matter anymore at the end of the program. He did 4 Toeloop - 3 Toeloop - 2 Loop, 4 Toeloop, 3 Axel, 3 Axel - ½ Loop - 3 Flip, 3 Lutz, 3 Salchow, 3 Loop (fell).
His marks: _______________ At todays practice Evgeni seemed very strong, he did a lot of jumps, almost everything clean! He did 3 Axel - 3 Toeloop, 3 Axel, 3 Axel, 4 Toeloop (low on the landing), 3 Toeloop, 4 Toeloop - 3 Toeloop - 2 Loop (little shaky), 4 Toeloop, 4 Toeloop, 3 Lutz, 3 Flip, 3 Salchow, 3 Loop - 3 Loop, 3 Salchow. He left the practice earlier, before his music was playing. March 24, 2004:Evgeni won the short program, he was flawless with and awsome 4 Toeloop - 3 Toeloop combination then 3 Axel and 3 Lutz. His marks are:
Tech: 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.9
Photos from the short program: Photo 1 Photo 2
March 23, 2004:
Yesterday at the qualifying Evgeni was the first in his group. He did an almost flawless program, the only
mistake was that he doubled the Salchow. He did 4 Toeloop - 3 Toeloop and 3 Axel, 3 Axel - 3 Toeloop,
3 Lutz, 2 Salchow, 3 Flip, 3 Loop.
Quote of Evgeni after the qualifying: This was a good performance, and everything is going according to plan. Now I have to relax and then attack tomorrow full force. This was just the beginning, and the battle goes on." (On coming back from his disappointing performance at the Europeans) "This is sport, and things like this happen in life. Falls happen, mistakes happen, and it happened to me at the Europeans. I’m prepared for things like this, and I can cope with them. I moved on." (On his knee injury) "It’s okay, I can skate, and that’s the most important thing."
Tech: 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.9
Photos from the qualifying: Photo 1 Photo 2 Photo 3 Photo 4
March 21, 2004: Evgeni was practicing his Flamenco short program today. He did very well again, no mistakes and from everywhere I hear he feels very good. He did the combinations 4 Toeloop - 3 Toeloop and 4 Toeloop - 3 Loop and some triples. As he made a run through, through his program, he only did the footwork no jumps. More photos of yesterdays practice:
Photo 1 Photo 2 Photo 3 Photo 4 March 20, 2004: I am at Worlds (I could connect to the internet) and this morning I saw Evgeni's practice, he did very good no falls, he did a couple of clean axels also in combo with 3 toeloop. He was in a very good mood. Sorry I can't tell more, its hard for me to see the exact jumps when I see Evgeni live. March 19, 2004: I will visit the World Championships and I won't be at home during the whole World Championships and I can't update the site but still it is possible that I may be able to come online that I can post all news.
The men qualification rounds are on March 22, 10 am More info on this site: www.worlds2004.de You can find all results on this site: http://www.isufs.org/results/wc2004/index.htm March 14, 2004:Evgeni plans to do a music video with famous ballet dancer Anastasia Volochkova, more info HERE Right now Evgeni is preparing for the World Championships which will be on March 22th untill 28th, in Germany. 
February 9, 2004: On a great surprise Evgeni
skated today at the exhibition gala in Sarajevo in memory of the 20th anniversary of the
1984 Olympic Games. It wasn't announced anywhere that he would skate there.
He skated to Supertramp "The Logical Song" that he performed first at "Art On Ice" last January.
He did a double Axel and 3 Toeloop - 2 Toeloop - 2 Loop.
Obviously it was supposed to be a gala for European Championships skaters and even though
all the participants skated in order to their range from 4th place to 1st, Evgeni
skated last in this show.
European Championships News and Results:
February 7, 2004:Here is an interview of Evgeni after the competition: (originally comes from www.stog.ru ) Q: You were dethroned at Europeans... Evgeni: There is still Worlds left. I will definetly take part in the World Championships in Dortmund and will try to defend my title. And prove that I can conquer my own nerves. Q: Did defeat become a tragedy for you? Evgeni: Not at all. Life goes on, there is room for highs and lows. You need to make correct conclusions, then victories will come again. Q: Is your health alright? Evgeni: Everything alright, meaning, in this season it's been worse. Either way, I'm not tempted to blame everything on injuries. Q: Do you have a will to rest from the ice and skates? Evgeni: I guess that's what I'll do. I'll get back to Petersburg and take a break. Get some good rest for a couple of days. Massage, swimming pool, banya-with honey and birch branches. Q: Did you expect such a successful performance from Brian Joubert? Evgeni: Of Course. He greatly improved this past year. For some reason everyone forgot that Europeans is a sports competion, not Plushenkofest. Defeat should serve a good purpose and become a ramp for the new rise. Q: Will you change anything in your programs by Worlds? Evgeni: No. The problem is not the program, but me. Q: When did you feel that today is not your day? Evgeni: When I fell on the flip. Getting up I already knew that I won't be European champion. I fought till the end, but this is sport. Here wins the strongest not overall, but in the given championship. Maybe Joubert needed today's triumph more than me.
His marks:
Tech: 5.4 5.4 5.5 5.5 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.8
His marks:
Tech: 5.4 5.6 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.8
A quote of todays short program of Evgeni is on this site: http://www.efsc2004.hu/ang/quick/sp_m2.html February 2, 2004: Evgeni is placed first in his group of the qualification round, he was the first to skate so the marks even when he skated clean don't go in the high end. He landed his 4-3-2 and another 8 triples without mistakes. His marks:
Tech: 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.9 Comments of Evgeni of the competition today on this page: http://www.efsc2004.hu/ang/quick/qA_m_1.html Article: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040202/ap_on_sp_ot/fig_europeans_1 Photos: http://fr.sports.yahoo.com/040202/74/3mjlf.html http://de.sports.yahoo.com/040202/226/3v4f8.html and a photo from the opening ceremony: http://www.efsc2004.hu/hun/0201_21.html February 1, 2004: Evgeni will start at the European Championships despite the injuries. Also he had a bad draw for the qualifying rounds tomorrow, he will start first in the qualifying group A. The competition starts tomorrow at 11 am CET but Evgeni's group A will start at 2:30 pm. http://www.isufs.org/results/ec2004/seg003.htm January 30, 2004: The European Championships will be held from Feb. 2. - 8. Yesterday there was a press conference with Evgeni, it's not sure if he will be able to participate, he now also has injured his left knee (on the right knee he has a meniscus injury), here is the article: http://www.efsc2004.hu/ang/news_040129_2.html January 25, 2004: Since January 22th until 25th, Evgeni is skating at the show "Art on Ice" in Switzerland. There are no detailed info yet but an ARTICLE which is in German, the part of Evgeni says: "With old rockmusic, on the ice there were ongoing athletic top rate performances. Special mention deserves the World Champion Evgeni Plushenko from Russia. It is breathtaking with how much ease and precision he is gliding over the ice and shows amazing jumps and spins." Russian Nationals Results: January 11, 2004: Evgeni skated at the exhibition to live music of "Town which doesn't exist" of Igor Korniluk who was singing on a stage. Evgeni had a white shirt and black pants on, the same like HERE January 10, 2004: Evgeni won the Russian Nationals!! He skated "Tribute to Nijinsky" ("Adagio" costume) and did a flawless program with 4 Toeloop-3 Toeloop-2 Loop, 3 Axel, 3 Axel-3 Toeloop, 3 Flip, 3 Lutz, 3 Loop, 3 Salchow. He received 11 (!!!) times the 6.0! 2 times for technical and 9 times (all judges!) for presentation. He broke his own record of six 6.0's at the Grand Prix Final in February 2003. All together he got 16 6.0's at this Russian Nationals!!! His marks:
Tech: 6.0 5.9 5.9 6.0 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.9 Here is the complete free skate results page: http://www.engis.ru/skate/results/fs_results_eng_me_fp.html And here is the complete final results page: http://www.engis.ru/skate/results/fs_summary_eng_me.html January 8, 2004:Today at the Russian Nationals in St. Petersburg, Evgeni is first with a clean short program with 4 Toeloop - 3 Toeloop, 3 Axel, 3 Lutz. He received for this performance five times the 6.0!!! His marks:
Tech: 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.8 5.9 Here is the complete results page: http://www.engis.ru/skate/results/fs_results_eng_me_sp.html January 2, 2004: This interesting article explains why Evgeni lost the Grand Prix Final and about the new judging system: http://www.iceskatingintnl.com/current/content/plushenkoGPF.htm January 1, 2004: Evgeni was voted by the visitors of the site http://www.rambler.ru as one of 58 "People of the year 2003". He is on 6th place. Here is the list of all "People of the Year": http://people.rambler.ru and the page of Evgeni: http://people.rambler.ru/face.html?s=43&year=2003 also there is a digital greeting card, featuring Evgeni and a message of him written by himself: http://cards.rambler.ru/show_big.html?id=4952&s=382 The letter says:
"Dear Friends,
I want to wish you a happy New Year! May you have strong health, happiness
and love! Good luck in the new year!
He also said about the internet: December 28, 2003:A little interview of Evgeni where he comments on the result of the Grand Prix Final: (Originally comes from: www.sovsport.ru) Evgeni Plushenko’s second place in the final Grand-Pix in Colorado-Springs appeared to be a real sensation. Canadian Emanuel Sandhu has beaten invincible Russian skater. On coming back from the USA to St.Petersburg Evgeni Plushenko answered the questions of “The soviet sport”. Q: Are you disappointed with this defeat? Evgeni: Yes, a little bit. I think that in the Grand Prix Final a pure misunderstanding took place. Sandhu is a good skater but he is not a significant rival. I was beaten by the new judging system. Undoubtedly this system is a step backward in figure skating. Instead of a separate jump I did the combination and according to the new rules I got 0 points. After the competition all the judges came up to me and told that no doubts are on my victory. Tatiana Tarasova, by the way, also recognized this fact. She told me: “Zhenya, don’t worry about. You skated marvelously”. Q: Are you anxious about the fact that such misunderstanding can happen on the World or Euro Championship? Evgeni: I sincerely hope this unfair judging system will be changed soon. I’m going to write to ISU about it. I hope my letter won’t be disregarded. Q: Does the shock disturb you for the Russian Nationals? Evgeni: I wish it didn’t. I try not to get disappointed. I’m getting recovered doing some exercises. I hope to attain my best shape before the new competition. Of course I will gladly take part in the Russian Championship, which is to be held in St.Petersburg.
Grand Prix Final News and Results: December 14, 2003: Evgeni lost the Grand Prix Final and is second after Emanual Sandhu...but its weird, not that Evgeni made to many mistakes, he skated clean, he just did one jump combination to much, in the new judging system it doesn't count, so these points where missing, also he didn't do the required triple Salchow. He just missed the Gold by missing 3.11 points. He did a 4Toeloop-3 Toeloop, 4 Toeloop - 2 Loop, 3 Axel-2 Toeloop, 2 Axel, 3 Flip, 3 Lutz, 3 Loop. Evgeni's marks are:
Program Components (Presentation):
Total Element Score (Technical): 66.54
Here you can read the full free skate results page and the final results page also the full free skate protocolwhere you can see what every skater did. December 13, 2003: Here is an ARTICLE about the short program and another PHOTO December 12, 2003: Evgeni won the short program, but he fell on the quad, then he could do a clean 3 Axel and 3 Lutz. He scored with 78.25 points.
Evgeni's marks are:
Program Components (Presentation): Here is the full short program results page. __________________ Picture of the practice. Here are two articles about the upcoming Grand Prix final in Colorado Springs/USA. Today is the men short program. December 6, 2003: A picture of yesterdays International Figure Skating Challange. Reports say he did a 3 Toeloop, 4 Toeloop, 3 Axel-3 Toeloop-2 Loop, 3 Axel 1/2 Loop-3 Flip, 3 Lutz, 3 Loop, 2 Salchow. He skated clean exept for doubling the Salchow. There is a video of an report of Art on Ice Swiss tv did on this site wich shows a little part of both programs Evgeni skated there and an interview. Just scroll down to "Dimanche 30 novembre 2003" and click on the little tv icon, "H" means for fast connection and "L" means it is for slow connection. Click on the icon depending on your connection. After 6.45 min you will see the Art on Ice report. The Real Player is required to see the video. December 5, 2003: Evgeni skated today at the "International Figure Skating Challange" in the USA and won this event!! He was one of only four competitors. Jeffrey Buttle is second then Michael Weiss and last Timothy Goebel. I have no details yet but Evgeni's marks:
Tech: 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.9 5.9 December 4, 2003: At this years Art on Ice in Lausanne/Switzerland (On November 28-29), Evgeni skated again a special number to live muisc of Supertramp "The Logical Song". He wore to that number black pants and a white shirt. And he also showed his free skate "Tribute to Nijinsky" where he wore his "Adagio" costume again. On January 22-24 he will be again at Art on Ice, this time in Zürich/Switzerland.
Tomorrow he is scheduled to skate at the "International Figure Skating Challange" in Auburn Hills/USA where the skaters just show one free skate. Evgeni is just competing with three other skaters: Michael Weiss, Timothy Goebel and Jeffrey Buttle. This
competition is judged under the old 6.0 system.
Cup of Russia Results:
Program Components (Presentation):
Total Element Score (Technical): 69.60
Here you can read the full
free skate results page November 21, 2003: Today Evgeni skated at his third Grand Prix competition "Cup of Russia" and won the short program! His score is 80.35 and is 7.3 points ahead of Alexander Abt who is in second.
Evgeni's marks are:
Program Components (Presentation): Here is the full short program results page. Trophee Lalique Results: November 16, 2003: Evgeni skated today in the exhibition his Adagio short program again and at the encore he did an amazing combination of an 3 Toeloop-3 Toeloop-2 Loop-2 Loop!! Read the full report. Here is the latest PHOTO! November 15, 2003:Evgeni won Trophee Lalique!! He did the 4 Toeloop - 3 Toeloop - 2 Loop again! His final score is 234.29, he has beaten his own record of 233.65 points of Skate Canada. He is 36.96 points ahead of Kevin van der Perren who placed second overall. Evgeni's marks are:
Program Components (Presentation):
Total Element Score (Technical): 77.84
Here you can read the full free skate results page
November 14, 2003: Today Evgeni skated at the Grand Prix event "Trophee Lalique" in Paris/France. After the short program he is first, even though he fell on the quad toeloop attempt, he is still ahead of the others who apprently wheren't clean either. Evgeni said: "It’s only the second time for me to skate (in competition). At Skate Canada, I did my quadruple combination, but I did a double Axel. Today, I did a triple Axel, but I fell in my combination. I want to do my best at the Cup of Russia and finally skate clean." Tomorrow is the free skate.
His marks are:
Program Components: Skating Skills: 7.85, Transitions: 7.55,
Performance/Excecution: 7.95, Choreography: 8.15, Interpretation: 8.05 = Here is the Complet Results Page November 2, 2003: On the next issue of "Blades on Ice" Evgeni will be on the cover, see the "Cover Boy" section. Skate Canada news and results: November 1, 2003: Evgeni won Skate Canda!! Even though he wasn't at 100% tonight, he did a pretty good performance and won easily! He skated his new program "Tribute to Nijinsky" and wore his old Adagio costume.. He has the world record in mens figure skating with the total of 233.65 points. He is ahead with 24.02 points to the second placed skater Jeffery Buttle.
Program Components:
Here you can read the full
free skate results page
October 30, 2003: Evgeni won the short program of Skate Canada! Here are his results:
Program Components: Skating Skills: 8.65, Transitions: 8.15, Performance/Excecution: 8.45, Choreography: 8.55, Interpretation: 8.65 = Since the new judging system is intruduced, since September, Evgeni got the highest points in the men short program so far.
Here is the full list of participants and scores. October 30, 2003: Evgeni is in Canada to skate at "Skate Canada" in Mississauga. At practice yesterday, according to reports, he couldn't land a quad but a lot of triples. This is the first competition for Evgeni with the new judging system, wich will replace the old 6.0 system in the future. This new system will be only at the Grand Prix events this season. To learn more about the new scoring system, please read the pdf files on the ISU site (scroll down and right click on the links to save them on your computer)Today is the short program. Current news News archives:
Season 2003/2004 Part 1
News of his former official site with messages of Evgeni
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February 8, 2004:
Evgeni skated at the exhibition his free skate "Tribute to Nijinsky" and wore his new costume.
Edvin Marton, who composed his free skate music, was standing on the ice and played live the violin.
Evgeni only went for a triple Toeloop and two double Axels and showed the Biellmann spin and a belly
slide.
As an encore he skated to Beethoven's symphony No. 5!! Again Edvin Marton, played it live
which was
really great! Evgeni did a 3 Toeloop-3 Toeloop-2 Loop combination followed by an double Axel
and the "Flamenco" footwork."
February 5, 2004: Evgeni lost the European Championships and is second. The beginning of his program "Tribute to Nijinsky"
(he had his new costume on, see "Photo of the Month" on this site)
looked good as he landed very clean a 4-3-2 but then had sort of a breakdown
and had very unusual falls wich I never seen of him, but bounced back and managed to land later
the jumps but since Brian Joubert who won the competition had a strong clean
program, he couldn't win this anymore.
February 3, 2004:Evgeni has won the short program! He earned a 6.0 in presentation! Though he wasn't 100% clean, he had a wobble on the first combination the 4 Toeloop then added only a 2 Toeloop but his 3Axel and 3 Lutz was crystal clean. He showed a lot of passion to the Flamenco music.
November 22, 2003:
Evgeni won Cup of Russia!! He won his 3rd Grand Prix event with the total points of 231.25!
He is 20.31 points ahead of Chengjiang Li who placed in second.
Evgeni's marks are:
October 31, 2003:
Evgeni did at the short program "Flamenco", a 4 Toeloop - 3 Toeloop then just a double Axel and a triple Lutz.
Also he did some fantastic footwork and the Biellmann and donut spin. Evgeni said after the program: "I was so happy because I did the combination, I came here to Canada and I
couldn't do it. All the time, I fell. I'm not so happy because I didn't do the Axel. I was sick last week. I have
the problem with the knee, the meniscus, but I look forward to doing a clean program on Saturday."
