CHELYABINSK, December 24, Boris Khodorovsky. Two-time Olympic champion Evgeniy Plushenko said in an interview that he was not afraid to take dancer Valery Angelopol into his group because of talk about his scandalous character.
Earlier, sources reported that after the breakup of the couple Vasilisa Kaganovskaya/Valery Angelopol, ice dancing coaches were prohibited from accepting the skater into their groups and providing ice for training, but subsequently the leadership of the Russian Figure Skating Federation (FFKKR) met the athlete halfway in this question. In November, according to the source, Angelopol, together with his new partner Arina Ushakova, began training at the Plushenko's Angels Academy, Natalya Linichuk became the couple's coach.
“»I’m very pleased that Angelopol is now on our team. He helps with coaching as a gliding specialist, and is involved in the show, performing together with Yulia Lipnitskaya. And talk doesn’t scare me. It’s stories like this that are very I love you,» Plushenko said.
Read the full interview with Evgeni Plushenko on the website rsport.ria.ru.