Russia"s Evgeni Plushenko, who hoped to...
in Vancouver."I did the right thing. I am immensely grateful to God, my coach, parents and wife who supported me throughout the season allowing me to win all those competitions after more than three years of retirement."
"Today I faced defeat, well that"s fate. But everything was just great," Plushenko said.
Plushenko skated freely, with his usual charisma, drawing laughs from spectators with his seductive tango. He held up his index finger when he finished showing he was sure of his victory.
The 2006 Olympic champion began his number to Tango Amore by Edwin Marton with a quadruple and triple jumps, but ommitted a double Rittberger. He also made an imperfect landing after a triple axel. But his footwork and spins cost him the most points.
But the skater"s longtime coach, Alexei Mishin, criticized the judging system.
"It is nonsense when a skater wins in the Olympics without a quad jump. The judging system takes figure skating back
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