Behind the skaters
Returning to competition at the European Championships in Tallinn after a foot injury, Brian Joubert has abandoned its continental title back to Russia, Evgeny Plushenko. But a month before the 2010 Olympics, the Poitevin third in Estonia behind by earth eternal gold, was reassured about his ability to get the better of the reigning Olympic champion in Vancouver.
“I know now that I can beat him before I did not have that impression. If, as in 2004, he failed to beat Evgeny Plushenko, and left the Russian won her sixth European title, Brian Joubert did not see this bronze medal, his ninth podium of the European ranking of earth eternal to play a inferiority complex towards the Vancouver Olympics, taking place in three weeks now. However, “Plushy, first after the short program, took out all the stops Thursday, chaining the input trouble free to not miss any points in the program ends.
“I skated well today. I am very happy especially by EQOA tunar. However, this is not my Olympic program. It was certainly a major competition, but the most important thing Vancouver, coldly analyzed one who was most apparent in major competition since the Olympic Games in Turin, microphone France 3. Nevertheless, this comeback risk was remembered, even if Brian Joubert did not admit defeat: “I realized after the short, that if we manage both our programs, I could still beat him . Before, I was waiting for his mistakes. ”