“I don’t care about anything that happened 20 years ago.” Yagudin replied to Plushenko

2002 Olympic champion Alexei Yagudin on the Telegram channel replied to the winner of the 2006 Olympics Yevgeny Plushenko which previously published its statistics.

Earlier, Plushenko, in an interview with , answering a question about possible participation in the tournament of show programs, which the Russian Figure Skating Federation plans to organize, said that he saw no point in reviving the confrontation with Yagudin, since he “cannot skate”.

In response to Plushenko’s remarks, Yagudin released the medal stats from the tournaments they both participated in. According to information on the skater’s page, Yagudin “won” with a total score of 14:8. Later, Plushenko published his statistics, in which the 2006 Olympic champion already had the advantage of victories throughout his career.

– Zhenechka, I will answer you. I hope not to distract too much with my answer. I know you are still sitting, working, never touching first, building rinks, hotels, spending 8 hours at the rink.

First, I didn’t count anything. I took advantage of the article from the guys from sports.ru, who have already calculated everything for a long time. Link, I think they can leave you.

Secondly, I will attach below an excerpt from the explanatory dictionary of linguist Sergei Ivanovich Ozhegov, which will explain to you the meaning of the word FULL-TIME.

Third, about the Russian championships. It was not about victories, colleagues from sports.ru cited the statistics of head-to-head competitions. What years? 1996 and 1997. And on who was the highest in this or that competition. But don’t worry, you are still ahead in the statistics of the Russian Championships! The Olympics and world championships are, of course, less important.

Fourth, I don’t live in the past. I don’t care what happened 20 years ago. Like the majority in our country, who now have completely different concerns. I only responded to your attack that I can’t skate and your laughter at my coach – Tatyana Anatolyevna Tarasova!

And finally, I admire your career that you’ve had. And all the victories. It’s a shame that due to my injury and my early retirement, we couldn’t compete longer. But now you are a coach. And coaches need to talk less and earn more. Take the example of Eteri Georgievna Tutberidze. I’m a showman, a crossword lover, I can talk a lot. And you work, Zhenechka! Yagudin wrote.

Yagudin is an Olympic champion in single skating in 2002, four-time winner of world championships and winner of three gold medals at European championships. He ended his professional career in 2003.

Plushenko is a two-time Olympic champion (2006 – in individual skating, 2014 – in a team), three-time world champion, seven-time European champion. He officially announced his retirement from the sport in 2017.