What happened to Plushenko? What are the consequences of the injury?

The Olympics in Sochi-2014 remained without Russian gold in single figure skating among men. Evgeni Plushenko had to play, but the performance was canceled. The fans were horrified. Few knew what had happened to Plushenko. However, long before the biggest competition, everyone knew that the skater suffered a complicated operation on the spine. After a serious rehabilitation, the committee allowed Evgeny to represent his country. On the warm-up, before going out to solo skating, he again seriously injured his back. Plushenko refused to speak.

Was it possible to speak

So, what happened to Plushenko? This story did not begin directly at the Olympics and in its framework did not end. Two years ago, when the skater started active training, different hypotheses were put forward: this is the desire of the skater or the committee makes him. As a result, history took not just a complicated turn, but, frankly, a cruel one. Not every thriller you'll see, what can we say about what shock the fans experienced, realizing that in this situation figure skater Evgeni Plushenko takes part. What happened to him actually?

The attitude of the fans

When Plushenko said that he would not participate in an arbitrary program, serious excitement began in the stands. To convey how the Russian audience behaved and felt, who really did not understand what happened to Plushenko, there will not be enough words. You just had to see it. After all, the skater's compatriots came from all over Russia to witness a great victory, to be glad for gold. It was a real tragedy. In addition, people paid a lot of money not only for travel, but for living, because prices in the Olympic Sochi can not be called modest. No other figure skater was as interested as Plushenko.

Press fights

As soon as they announced the removal of the sportsman from the competition, the journalistic brothers literally got mad. All the journalists seized their phones, dictaphones and began to transmit the words of future articles, while trying to find out what happened to Plushenko. It became clear that this is not just a sad event, it is a tragedy of an all-Russian scale.

The opinions, as always, were divided again. Some will criticize Plushenko, on what the light stands, others - to pity him humanly, guessing that with Plushenko's back, and still others - curse for having failed his country, because he had to foresee such a turn of events. In any case, all agreed in one opinion - the career of a brilliant athlete is completed.

Press-conference of the sportsman

When Eugene came out to reporters, his face was filled with true sorrow. He is still so young, but at the age of 31 he survived too much, giving so much strength and emotion to the big sport. Evgenie was really sorry for all journalists present, even if they expressed different positions, it was painful together with the figure skater, many of them tried to understand that with Plushenko. And this applies not only to representatives of the domestic press, but also foreign. The whole world was suffering.

Evgeny tried to explain what had happened. He urged everyone not to believe the evil language that spoke about planned actions, supposedly the athlete knew in advance about such an outcome. The figure skater assured otherwise, he said that he was confident in his forces and his victory. Specialists, finding out what happened to Evgeni Plushenko, learned that during training during the jumps Eugene failed to fall and again damaged his back. But here he did not give up, decided to take the strongest pain killer and still get on the ice, because he even tried to participate in the warm-up. During the trial rental Eugene realized that he could not jump, and he did not want to speak for the sake of normal participation, without seeing any sense in it.

Yana's support

Yevgeny Yana Rudkovskaya's wife, shortly before he went out on the ice, appeared in the mixed zone. There were tears on her face. Later, Yana commented a lot on what happened, calling her husband the greatest athlete who helped win the gold at the Olympics in team competitions. He really wanted to win, doing everything that was in his power.

At simple spectators at once there was a question: why the committee did not replace injured Plushenko? The fact is that this could only be done if the athlete announced his withdrawal from the competition in advance. Figure skater Maxim Kovtun really was in Sochi at that moment, but he could not speak any more.

Trainer about the situation

Coach Evgeni Plushenko Alexei Mishin tried to explain the situation to the press. As it turned out, the replacement could be made no later than the morning of February 10. But at that time, Eugene planned to speak, because the injury in training was received later. He did everything he could, tried to perform a cascade, but the physical state did not allow. On the question of journalists about the participation of the skater in the next Olympics, Mishin replied that this, of course, is an exaggeration. Evgeni Plushenko, whose trauma has shocked millions of spectators, will not leave the ice, but these will be performances in ice shows, nothing more. The further struggle for a medal can make him an invalid.

Termination of sports career

After the performance of his coach Eugene himself said that his career came to an end. The figure skater did this in English, for foreign reporters, and in Russian, for compatriots. Then the skater told about his plans. First of all, he needs treatment. And in the future, Eugene will prepare a grandiose project, but he does not consider all the cards to be disclosed so as not to spoil the surprise.

Great athlete and strong man

Despite the grave situation, the brutal criticism in his address, Evgeni Plushenko is not going to give up. He is a strong personality. Now everyone understands that Plushenko won his main prizes before, but now his professional career is over, but there are a lot of other plans that need to be implemented. Life did not end there. This is just the end of her first chapter, which in the book of life of Eugene will be many more.

The confluence of fateful circumstances

Just a few days before the speech in the short program there were rumors that volunteers began spreading. As you know, these people worked at the Olympics, in this case at the Iceberg Palace. In training, volunteers cleaned the area after the figure skaters, helped to carry their things, offered tea and sportsmen and coaches. So, it was these volunteers who began to talk about the fact that Evgeni Plushenko refuses to speak, he will not even try to participate. At that moment, everybody missed these words, expecting a grand victory. Could Evgeny have been capable of this? Is able to bring his country and his people? Unfortunately, the gossip simply coincided with a mere reality by pure coincidence. When looking at an athlete, many people have a question about what Plushenko is sick with. Thus it became clear that all this was only a fateful confluence of circumstances.

Plushenko is a talented figure skater, a strong personality. Do not believe the rumors, the purpose of which is to tarnish his image. A huge number of people love and appreciate Eugene, whatever happens.

Was the choice correct

Many people remember the time when the Federation of Figure Skating decided that Plushenko would still be in favor of Russia. There were doubts, many disputes and rumors. However, it is now because of the figure skater that the great sports power was left without prizes in men's single skating. While the young athlete Maxim Kovtun could prove his worth in sports and take a place.

Eugene himself repeatedly gave interviews to numerous publications, where he tried to explain his action. In an interview with Rossiyskaya Gazeta, the figure skater tried to refute rumors that his removal from the competition had been planned in advance. He had no thoughts of speaking only in a team, taking the gold and leaving. These are just rumors, and very cruel. Evgeny said that he did everything possible for his country. Also the sportsman thanked those fans who, despite everything, stayed with him, thanks to their faith he managed to gather and not lose heart. It is for them Plushenko in the future is ready to work on ice, as far as possible.

Deputies did not stay aside

The position of the well-known politician, the leader of the LDPR party, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, was rather ambiguous. He certainly did not say nothing about what happened at the Olympics. About Evgeny, he said that sports are not jokes, you can not participate today, but tomorrow there is no, either victory, or the road to others. As for the completion of a career, on the eve of the competition this is not thought of.

Later it became known that the deputy Zhirinovsky made a speech about the need for amendments to the laws on sports. He suggested that the athlete should have the right to speak at the Olympics only twice, and also to limit the age range - no more than 25 years. In addition, Zhirinovsky considers it necessary to prohibit participation in the Olympics with serious injuries. The deputy said that healthy athletes should win medals. The blame for everything that happened Zhirinovsky imposes entirely on the Federation. This is their mistake, they should not allow Plushenko to compete. Moreover, the deputy demanded the dismissal of doctors engaged in examination and treatment of the figure skater, because they had to be banned.

State Duma deputy Igor Lebedev, who is also the son of Vladimir Zhirinovsky believes that the Ministry of Sport simply needs to control the federations, so that such mistakes will no longer be tolerated. However, Lebedev is not on the side of Plushenko. The deputy called all this a betrayal both on the part of the Federation and on the part of the skater himself. He took too much on himself, and as a result brought the whole country, which remained without the slightest hope for a prize place. This is dishonest in relation to Maxim Kovtun, who could well fight for the medal. Also, Igor Lebedev cited many examples when the great athletes, despite the worst injuries, fought and brought the country medals. One such was Dmitri Nosov, a member of the LDPR, whose arm was broken, and he still won bronze. On which, Vladimir Zhirinovsky again stressed the need to limit the age framework. The MP reiterated that upon reaching athletes for 25 years they need to say goodbye to big sports and not participate in the Olympics. And the story of deputy Nosov only confirms this point of view. After all, he was just lucky, but if his broken hand caused the performance to go wrong? Moreover, it is necessary to give way to young people, to develop youth sport. Young athletes, full of energy and energy, enough, they can fully manifest themselves and win medals.

Many condemn Yevgeny Plushenko primarily for the fact that he himself had to understand a situation that did not allow him to participate in the Olympics.