http://sport.rambler.ru/news/figureskating/577051729.html24.12.2009 21:45Plushenko beat world recordTurin Olympic champion Evgeni Plushenko admitted that he was ready to keep skating after the strain of microligament, which knocked him out for a half weeks. According to him, after the injury on December 12, him was made a special anesthetic injection, after which he two days not could stand on foot.
"I asked the doctor, he said that me was hurt only three hours - but knee hurt me for two days. And then I was really got scared. I thought that all my efforts this year - in vain, and that I will must to hang the skates on a nail, "- said Evgeni after a performance at the Championship of Russia in St. Petersburg.
"But I am glad that everything ended well, and I recovered," - he added.
Plushenko also noted that health is the main condition for its successful performance at the Olympics in Vancouver. "When I out on ice after a week of rest, then did not hurt me anything. I felt at age seventeen or eighteen, when I was in great shape. But this state lasted, alas, only three days, and then it all began again. So, if I'm healthy, then (in Vancouver) will be all right", - said Plushenko.
Commenting on his performance in St. Petersburg, following which he showed absolutely the best result in the world (100.09 points), the Olympic champion said that he was satisfied with a clean performance of complex elements. Asked about error, on exit after triple Lutz, Plushenko said that it "did not his fault".
"For me, this jump was made clear. I had to leave him, but in this part of rink the ice is not very good, I found myself in someone else's trail, and was unable to continue the movement" - he explained.
According to Plushenko, the organization of the tournament in his native "Yubileny" could be better, because the problems are not only in the quality of the ice. "It is difficult to adjust to performance, because here are the children skate, the hockey players..." - complained an athlete. - "Today I went out of the warm-up room, went to skate, but passed by me an hockey player with a stick, and even snag me. This, of course, should not be."