Plushenko as Energetic as a 20-year-old - Coach

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Russian figure skating star Evgeni Plushenko is just as bold and energetic at 30 years of age as he was a decade ago, his coach told R-Sport on Saturday.

MOSCOW, November 3 (R-Sport) - Russian figure skating star Evgeni Plushenko is just as bold and energetic at 30 years of age as he was a decade ago, his coach told R-Sport on Saturday.

Plushenko celebrates his birthday Saturday as he continues on a comeback to the sport that he hopes will end in a Sochi 2014 gold medal.

"There is absolutely no difference between the 30-year-old and, let's say, the 20-year-old Plushenko," his coach Alexei Mishin said in a telephone interview.

"Zhenya is just as youthful and energetic as he has always been," he said, referring to his charge using the Russian diminutive form for Evgeni.

The 2006 Turin Olympics champion is returning to competition after a knee operation in the wake of the European championships in January, where he won the gold medal.

Plushenko came fourth in the team-based Japan Open last month, won by local star Daisuke Takahashi. He next skates in the Russian championships in Sochi in December.

"Plushenko trained yesterday, he worked very well," Mishin said.

More immediately, Plushenko is to fly to Davos, Switzerland, to pick up an international sporting award, Mishin said.

 

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