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Soviet hockey coach Tatiana Tarasova calls Alexander Plushenko a well-mannered, hard-working athlete. She advises him to ignore media attention and listen to his father, figure skating legend Yevgeni Plushenko.
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The Russian figure skater says her 2026/27 build-up was messy but she feels happy ahead of control skates at CSKA Arena on 19–20 September.
Figure skating
Olympic champion Vyacheslav Fetisov says the ISU is mocking Russian skaters after barring Valieva, Kondratyuk, Stepanova and Bukin from neutral status.
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Rudkovskaya says 13-year-old Alexander sleeps on an air mattress between training sessions and funds a street football team, rejecting claims he lives like a star.