The son of two-time Olympic champion Evgeny Plushenko Alexander won the figure skating tournament “For the prizes of the Honored Coach of the USSR and Russia V.N. Kudryavtsev. His father shared this on Instagram.
Plushenko, Jr., better known as Gnome Gnomych, scored 47.47 points for the program. The nine-year-old skater fell off the double axel, but performed the rest of the elements cleanly.
Evgeni Plushenko congratulated his son on the victory and noted that the season for Dwarf Gnomych was not easy. “The season started with a broken arm, injuries and viral diseases. Today was the first start. The performance was worthy, this time only the great snipe did not turn out, but otherwise it was very worthy and very emotional! he shared.
Earlier it was reported that the police opened a libel case against Gnome Gnomych, who told about the alleged mental disorder. The culprit can face up to two million rubles in fines or up to two years in prison.
The publication that Alexander Plushenko allegedly suffers from Asperger’s syndrome appeared in StarHit in May 2020. The skater’s parents denied this information and criticized the journalists. Later, the former editor-in-chief of the printed version of StarHit, Andrey Malakhov, apologized to the Plushenko family. Nevertheless, the mother of Gnom Gnomych, producer Yana Rudkovskaya, filed a lawsuit against the publication.
Source: Lenta
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