Double Olympic figure skating champion Evgeny Plushenko On , he spoke about the opening of figure skating schools in the region.
Plushenko became Olympic champion of the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi in the team competitions, after which he withdrew from the singles tournament due to back pain.
— Today, there are already three schools. This is the Moscow region, Moscow, Kemerovo. We are growing. There are more than 200 children in the Moscow region, more than 400 in Moscow and about 70 children in Kemerovo.
My task is to create as many schools as possible in the regions. Coaches and athletes come to see me. We organize training camps and master classes. They come to my house, I go to the regions. There are a lot of requests. We have planned schools in China. But the main thing is Russia. The main thing is to develop our sport in our country! – said Plushenko on .
The Sochi Olympics took place from February 7 to 23, 2014. Plushenko also won the 2006 Olympics in single skating.
Source : MatchTV
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