Plushenko spoke about the exclusion of Russian figure skaters from competitions
Earlier, Trusova announced that she would perform at the Russian national team skating tests. They will take place in St. Petersburg on September 14-15.
“I didn’t direct her anywhere, it should be the athlete’s own decision. She said she thought about it and made the decision who to go to train with. [прийти] for me, because I left the sport, I had an operation, I know how to come back. We started training, she said that if she did a quadruple jump, she would like to take part in the skating tests. Sasha performed a quadruple lutz, the Russian Figure Skating Federation said that they were not against it. We are training and preparing. There is no question of returning to the sport, she has already made a serious decision, now she needs to overcome herself, train every day, it is extremely difficult, she has already taken a big step, “Plushenko said according to TASS.
Source: Sport

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