Down-the-line.com / Figure Skating. Two-time Olympic figure skating champion Evgeni Plushenko has said his ward Veronika Zhilina could switch to pair skating. According to the coach, the athlete is not yet planning to make the transition, but she can do so if necessary.

Plushenko confirmed that Zhilina trains in her group

“She was not going to switch to pair skating. But if such a task is given to us by the Russian Federation, we can do it. Veronika Zhilina can switch to both pair skating and ice dancing, c she’s a versatile athlete – she can skate anywhere,” Plushenko quotes CASS.