Evgeni Plushenko

The conflict between Evgeni Plushenko and Alexei Yagudin continues. Plushenko responded to Alexei Yagudin in a new post on Instagram*, stating that he had more medals before, and posted on social networks a screenshot of the statistics of his legendary personal matches throughout their sports career. However, Plushenko questioned the authenticity of Yagudin’s published data and advised him to check the facts.

– wrote the skater. At the bottom of the post, he posted a few screenshots confirming his own achievements.

Plushenko added that 42-year-old Yagudin still lives in the past, instead of doing the main job of his life. The conflict between the skaters began when Evgeni Plushenko, answering the question of whether he was ready to “resurrect his legendary confrontation with Yagudin” at the show program tournament, said that Yagudin “does not know how to skate.” Yagudin was defended by his former coach Tatyana Tarasova, who called him “stupid” in response to Plushenko’s words.

The encounter between Evgeni Plushenko and Alexei Yagudin, who were each other’s main rivals at the peak of their careers, was watched with interest by figure skating enthusiasts. The situation escalated further when Yagudin won the gold and Plushenko the silver medal at the 2002 Olympics.

Evgeni Plushenko, who retired in 2017, is now 39 years old, is a two-time Olympic champion, two-time Olympic silver medalist in 2002 and 2010, three-time world champion, seven-time European champion and four-time World champion. Series Grand Prix Figure Skating Finals.

Alexei Yagudin is the 2002 Olympic champion, four-time world champion, three-time European champion and two-time winner of the Grand Prix finals in figure skating. He officially ended his career in 2003 and is currently the host of the Ice Age show.

*Instagram is owned by Meta, a recognized extremist organization in the Russian Federation.