Two-time Olympic champion Evgeni Plushenko admitted that he had already discussed his participation in the tournament with the organizers of the Russian Challenge. stated that RIA News.
“I will be able to participate, I had already voiced the conditions to the organizers when all this started – 10 million rubles. What did they say? They are looking for money,” Plushenko said.
“Russian Challenge” is an open tournament for demonstration programs between figure skaters, organized by the Russian Figure Skating Federation (FFKKR) and Channel One. The first tournament took place in March 2023. Then the winner was Alexey Yagudin. This year he came first again.
Evgeni Plushenko announced his retirement in March 2017. He is a two-time Olympic champion and two-time silver medalist. Among all singles and singles figure skaters, no one has more awards than Plushenko. He became the champion of Russia ten times, although none of his compatriots have yet broken this record.
Plushenko started coaching in 2017 and opened his own academy.
Previously Tatyana Tarasova appreciated Bezrukov is a referee for the Russian Challenge.