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Plushenko on CNN explains withdrawl

Feb 17, 2014 19:55

http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/sports/2014/02/17/intv-davies-plushenko-sochi-skate.cnn.html
So pretty much he wanted to withdraw after the Team Event but the Federation said whatever and told him to just do it ( Read more... )

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whitebamboo February 18 2014, 01:34:27 UTC

Just in case some peoplel aren't aware of this: the deadline for withdrawal after the team event (which ended on Sunday night), so that a replacement can be made, is 10 AM on Monday morning. And the more concrete details ("why other skater did not skate"), which he did not go into, was that apparently they did try to contact Kovtun, but somehow he was out of contact/ill/not ready. Plushenko mentioned this in another interview in the Russian press. Valentin Piseyev, general director of the FFKKR, confirmed it in another interview ( ... )

jedinic February 18 2014, 05:20:21 UTC

I still can't understand why Kovtun was not ready. Anyone whose in skating expected this!

Maybe it was a FU to his federation for replacing him with Plushy?

verses February 18 2014, 06:08:39 UTC

YEP. He's a little brat and I hope he never represents Russia in an Olympics.

knigolubka February 18 2014, 06:36:57 UTC

The "insiders" from Kovtun's side say that he had been expecting the call the whole time the change was legal, i.e. till the 10.02.2014.

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whitebamboo February 18 2014, 01:43:50 UTC

P. S. Plushy remembered last years Worlds wrong here. At the 2013 worlds, there was only one Russian men's singles entry--Kovtun, who came in 17th. (He was probably thinking also about the year before that, when Gachinsky came in 14th or thereabouts...)

bugab0o February 18 2014, 05:17:44 UTC

wow that interviewer was really pushy

bugab0o February 18 2014, 05:20:51 UTC

also of course he can't make pointed remarks about gay rights on cnn with putin breathing down his shoulder and as a public official (is he still? can't remember). i don't blame him for playing it safe

ughh that interviewer really annoys me

verses February 18 2014, 06:10:27 UTC

So much credit to him for not hopping on the bandwagon when a lot of Russian athletes have been publicly anti-gay.

bugab0o February 18 2014, 05:18:57 UTC

my inner fan got really excited when plush talked about michelle kwan though

also did anyone see the skier saving dogs video after? sooooo cute i can't

http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/bestoftv/2014/02/16/nr-nichols-sochi-stray-dogs.cnn.html

piscessunmoon February 18 2014, 05:40:57 UTC

Yeah, I saw that. I hope he gets to take that puppy home!

knigolubka February 18 2014, 06:34:52 UTC

He backtracked from this. He said he was misunderstood, because of his English not being perfect.