Evgeni Plushenko
By Faye
@FayeHazel (40248)
United States
October 31, 2017 12:30am CST
On to obscure celebrities that I love -- enter Evgeni Plushenko : figure skater extraordinaire. He's won... I don't even know. A ton of medals and awards.
I really enjoy his style - of course his amazing triple-jump combinations are worth noting, but more than that I love his choreographies, music choices, and his stylization - hand and arm moves.
While his competition pieces were technically quite difficult and serious, his exhibition pieces were often strange and humorous. (For one he wore a costume that a female doll sewn on it - while skating he looked like he was dancing with her, for another he wore a women's costume, where he took a few pieces off and it became a men's costume.)
As difficult as it was to choose which video to share with you (a funny one like I mentioned or not) I decided to share this one, which gives me goosebumps:
"Tribute to Vaslav Nijinsky" He earned across the board perfect 6.0s for artistic impression !!! (He received a total of seventy five 6.0s, which is the worl...
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@JudyEv (325758)
• Rockingham, Australia
2 Nov 17
@FayeHazel I wonder at what age they have to retire and whether they have joint problems later.
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
2 Nov 17
I often find myself wondering at how they keep their joints alright after landing those jumps
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
2 Nov 17
@JudyEv So true. I guess Plushenko was in his early 30s - due to back issues. Poor chap
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
2 Nov 17
I hope you enjoy watching him as much as I do.... he's fascinating
@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
2 Nov 17
@Alian123 THis performance gives me chills! :-)
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@Alian123 (549)
• Philippines
2 Nov 17
@FayeHazel Fascinating indeed. I have watched it and he was just amazing 
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@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
31 Oct 17
He is fantastic and amazing..love him Faye
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
2 Nov 17
We both have great taste! Are we related? :-)
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@just4him (306239)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
3 Nov 17
@FayeHazel Something the judges focus on anyway so we can just sit back and enjoy.
@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
2 Nov 17
Very good point. He makes everything look so easy - that it's easy to overlook the technical skill of what he's doing
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
2 Nov 17
I'm happy it interested you. He is fascinating, isn't he? I love the arm moves he adds in, his style... he's amazing
@Chantiele (433)
• Johannesburg, South Africa
31 Oct 17
I love watching figure skating as it is a stunning sport to watch. in fact, it is about the only sport I do watch as I love seeing the technique that the skaters have with their graceful moves.
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
2 Nov 17
I agree with you, I think it is one of the only sports that I enjoy as well. Athletic and artistic
