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MOSCOW, Oct 5 2002 Olympic champion in single skating Alexei Yagudin replied to a new portion of criticism from two-time Olympic champion Evgeni Plushenko. Earlier, Plushenko spoke about a possible rivalry with Yagudin at the show programs tournament, saying that he did not know how to skate. On Tuesday, Yagudin posted a post on social networks, which shows the statistics of face-to-face confrontations between skaters in tournaments. In response, Plushenko published statistics on the total number of awards, in which he surpasses Yagudin. «I admire your career that you had. And all the victories. It's a pity that due to my injury and early retirement, we weren't able to compete longer. But now you are a coach. And coaches need to talk less and win more. Take an example from Eteri Georgievna Tutberidze. It's me, a showman, a crossword lover, I can talk a lot. And you work, Zhenechka!» — Yagudin wrote in social networks. Plushenko became the Olympic champion twice (2006, 2014) and the silver medalist of the Games (2002, 2010), won the World Championship three times (2001, 2003, 2004), the European Championship seven times (2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2012), four — the Grand Prix Final (2000, 2001, 2003, 2005). In addition to Olympic gold, Yagudin won the World Championship in 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2002, at the European Championship in 1998 , 1999 and 2002, in the Grand Prix Final in 1999 and 2002.