You can see both the physical pain and disappointment in his face when he realized "this is it - I just can't do it anymore." Sad, but he gave us such great moments in skating. He is definitely my favorite skater of all time.

I watched all his competitions at the Olympics since 2002, then the gold at 2006, I cried when they took his gold medal in Vancouver, I saw the rutine in team event at Sochi... And then, my heart broke when he finally retire after the back injury. He is the best, as much as it hurts me, that day I realize that he had to take care of his health more than another medal. I love him. He's the #1.

Such a sad and dreadful moment....I cannot forget Evgeni's face and his deep disappointment in front of his home crowd. He's always been my favourite and I wish to thank him for all his wonderful performances during his long and glorious career. The KING of the ice forever!

Legend in Men's Figure Skating... One of the ALL TIME Greatest in the Sports History.

The only bad thing about Skating is how short their career is. Dance of any type is hard on the body. But I'm glad he had a successful career.

Be healthy, Zhenya and have the happiest life in the world, you really deserve it. I will miss you and your mesmerizing performances in competitions, but I'm really waiting for your shows. You have given the most wonderful legacy for the next generations. Be well and thank you for every moment of joy.

He could have been third time Olympic champion if he had kept himself for the individual competitions but he choosed to skate for the Russian team too. True champion ! He's classy and has sense of humour.I always liked his personality.And no, he's not arrogant contrary to what this lady says in the video.He was just self confident and he knew he was the best on ice.

I was crying as watching this video... I want to wish him health

He and Yagudin wee the "golden time" of figure skating. The competition between these two brought the male figure skating to a complete new level. There will never be the "other Plushenko" or "other Yagudin" - they were that perfect.

I love the way Evgeniy Plushenko treats people around, his coach and the team. How sincere and simply he speaks when being interviewed. The fact that he was so faithful to his coach makes me to respect him even more! Evgeniy, we love you! Let your family and kids be happy and healthy!!!

my favorite athlete thanks for the good memories be healthy zhenya

I really like Evgeni, the first time I heard of him and saw him was actually in 2008 when he performed at the Eurovisiom Song Contest so later I searched him up and started following him. He is truly amazing

It was so sad that the skating world had lost such a graceful man. This made me cry just as much as I was when it happened at the games. I just wish him heath and luck for his future.

I'm so glad he's coaching. He's going to turn out some Olympic champs, but hopefully not only Russians!

finally, this video worked for me. until now, it kept saying it wasn't available here in America. anytime we revisit 2.13.14 in footage, it's heart wrenching for me because I saw that happen live. and it was only a few days ago I saw him skate for the first time and fell in love with him. Bittersweet for sure. I grimaced when he said if not for getting silver in Vancouver, he wouldn't have skated in Sochi. But if he hadn't, I wouldn't be here supporting him as I'd been since that day.

Poetry on ice!! There is nobody like Plushenko!! Also the best looking guy on ice!! :P

He was a fantastic athlete, I almost cry the first time I saw him skating. it was stunning

Женечка Дорогой ! Мы всегда с Тобой! Медалей Ты принес-Стране -Много! Золото в команде -Выиграл! Главное чтобы ТЫ Был-ЗДОРОВ! Любим ТеЕБЯ ЕВГЕНИЙ И Гордимся ! Что ТЫ -ЕСТЬ у Нас! Спасибо Евгений за Все Твои Многочисленные -ПОБЕДЫ ! ТЫ ЕДИНСТВЕННЫЙ Кто Выступил на 4-х Олимпиадах! И Принес -Стране 2-ЗОЛОТА и 2-СЕРЕБРА с 4-х ОЛИМПИАД! Здоровья ТЕБЕ и всех Благ! Береги Себя.Любим.

He always accepted to be second (when it happened....), for example in Salt Lake City. He didnt accept it ONLY 1 time: in Vancouver. No other times. Thanks Plushenko for what you gave to Figure Skating.

What an emotional time the Sochi Olympics must have been. When the king of the old generation stepped down and the king of the new one arose!

He was my all time favaurite. His gala performance was awosome.

Qué pena lo que te sucedió...gracias a Dios después de tu operación quedaste bien , y sigues siendo un Ídolo. Abrazo

He has opened his dream of a skating school.. ♥

Evgeny Plyushchenko is and will always be the best male figure skater out there. His passion, his talent, his grace - its just a well rounded mix no one is ever going to defeat no matter how difficult the jumps of the future will be, Evgeni is a legend, he is THE legend.

ЕВГЕНИЙ! Мы всегда с ВАМИ! Главное что с Вами Всё Хорошо! Желаем Вам Здоровья ! Мы Гордимся Вами ! Любим! И остаёмся с Вами .Для нас Ваше ЕВГЕНИЙ Здоровье - Дороже!!!

that long elegant body always looked perfect in the spotlight

You are still the best ice skater I have ever seen Mr plushenko

My favorite skater of all time. Sorry he retire so young. Congratulations and God bless❤️. March 25, 2020 11:09pm Philippine time.

I love him! Evgeni Plushenko will be my favorite ever

Probably the Best Figure Skater of All Time!!!

He is and will be GREAT forever ; few profiles / skills like this .....

эх Женя, зря ты не выступил по-настоящему как мог! :-) так жаль Сколько было бы счастья у нас всех!!! Но мы и этому рады безумно!

The scenes as he warmed up...devastating. It was obvious he could barely walk, let alone skate. I was actually relieved he withdrew because I really thought he was going to make a go of it and I think that would have been cataclysmic for his health. Poor guy

Евгений великий спортсмен! Величайший!

I always chuckle whenever gearing someone saying Plushenko was arrogant !! Lol. He was just super confident !! If you state the facts ,it's not bragging !! 💜🥁🐉🎤💞

Best male skater of all times! I hope you have found your lifepath since then.

Plushy-my only & one king -great athlete and great man- He respected his rivals during his skating competitions;and now,he supports current young skaters like Yuzury (they are very close friends);Nathan Chan;Shoma Uno,Boyang Jin ..and many others;and young current skaters also respect Plushy and treat him like a dad-so cute !!!!!!

Великолепное послание будущим поколениям: Live Work Love Skate and.. Win.

Everybody came and go, only Plushenko was at that many consecutive Olympic games!

The best skater in the world.

I'm not afraid to say I was in love with him, still am, spasiba Jevgeni.

ЕВГЕНИЙ ВЫ КЛАССНЫЙ ФИГУРИСТ!!!

He is amazing! I think he is the best ever!!!!

When I was a kid I use to watch figure skating with my mum After she passed away I found I just couldn't watch anything we had watched together, it was just too painful. Recently I happened across the anime Yuri on Ice. And yes I know there are a lot of mixed feelings about that show. I'm an artist and actually found the anime very beautiful, plus it did indeed rekindle the love I had for figure skating. After finishing the show I got on here and looked up old Scott Hamilton videos because he was always one of my mums favorites. I watched a few of his performances and realized I was smiling and happy. My old memories are no longer painful. I starting to think about it and realized I knew nothing of ice skating since I stopped watching it with my mum. So the first video that popped up was Nathan Chen's free skate at the 2017 US Figure Skating Championships. Then I watched Yuzuru Hanyu's 2014 Olympic free skate performance, which then lead me here. Watching all of these talented people makes me wish I had stayed watching figure skating. Evgeni Plushenko is amazing to watch, very breathtaking. I'm so glad the internet makes it possible to watch past performances. I really believe my mum would have loved Evgeni Plushenko.

Evgeny, para mi siempre serás él mejor!! 😭😭😭❤

Is this Victor from Yuri On Ice??

What a great athlete.

King on ice !!!!!!!! I miss Plushy Love

Великий спортсмен.

It was so sad to watch him withdraw, but it was the best for him. I feel happy that he still skates, and now he's training his boy Alexander (Sasha). Plushenko will always be the best figure skating ever, I hope his son makes him proud one day soon.

I enjoyed watching him skat the most!

It amazing me though how there are skaters that have won gold medals in the Olympics as young teenagers younger than 19 years of age. I don't think 19 is that young for a skater, not when they start skating after they learn to walk. I was just looking at the history of Olympic gold medalists and there are quite a few of them.

Victor Nikiforov :D

И ничего страшного что Плющенко снялся с лички.За все Многочисленные ПОБЕДЫ Плющенко мы длжны быть Благодарными .И не надо забывать как Плющенко принес нашей -Стране - _Значимые Победы на предыдущих Олимпиадах! И не вина спортсмена что спина подвела в самый не подходящий момент для спортсмена на домашней олимпиаде. Плющенко ехал Побеждать. И Победил в командном ! Личка не вышла из-за травмы.Но не он первый и не он последний кто снимался и травмировался.И нападать так на Плющенко-не надо. .Все мы под одним богом ходим. И наперед не можем знать что завтра с кем будет? А Евгению Плющенко я бы Медаль дала за Преодоление! Что Смог после таких травм и операций -Выиграть в командном и Не подвести своих в команде. И принести свой достойный вклад - 19 баллов в команду .И вся Сборная -Триумфально на Пьедестале! В этом есть и Плющенко огромный вклад в Победу! И я Горжусь Нашим Евгением Плющенко! Единственным Фигуристом -Страны Который Четыре Олимпиады Подряд Выиграл Значимые для -Страны -2 ЗОЛОТА и 2-СЕРЕБРА с 4-х ОЛИМПИАД! Здоровья Евгению Плющенко! Нашему КОРОЛЮ Фигурного Катания ! Как на Отечественном так и на Мировых Уровнях! Плющенко -Гордость России! И У нас Плющенко такой Единственный в фигурном катании одиночников и Неповторимый!

He deserved gold in 2010...whenever I see Lysacek, I just wanna kick his face in..Plushenko destroyed his body for the quads and the isu pays no attention...I don't understand Russia, when they have extremely amazing talent, they put no effort into politicking but with mediocre talent they use politics so much that those skaters get WRs in every single outing. I think they thought they didn't need politics with real talent. Anyway, I think it was a good thing he didn't compete in the individual event for Sochi, otherwise he would have won undeservedly and that would've tarnished his glorious legacy.

en su biografía de su página oficial dice que siempre no se retira, que ya esta bien de la columna y que volverá para el 2018 en Corea.... por si no lo sabian jeje pueden confirmar... pd. me emociona que regrese al hielo! e inspire nuevamente a viktor 🙌🙌🙌😍😍😍

He did actually open a school of figure skating. It’s called “Angels of Plushenko” I believe, you can find updates about it on instagram.

32 операции за всю карьеру. Боец! Чтобы прожить и заниматься фигурным катанием и в конце концов принести стране множественные победы и безграничное удовольствие зрителям- он собирал бутылки!!! И все те, кто его обхаили после снятия с лички просто позор! Евгений- Великий Спортсмен! Король льда. А Рудковская… Да блин причём тут она. Женя великий! Моя Благодарность за каждый прокат! Он и Ягудин были конкурентами, друг друга подстёгивали. И я всегда болела за обеих! Это наши ребята! И внутри каждого шла своя битва! И с девочками сейчас также! Нельзя никого делить и предпочитать- это наши спортсмены! И их нужно всех поровну поддерживать и беречь !

Should have won Vancouver as well

This dude is a legend

Estoy muy feliz que se hallan basado en el... Victor. Era muy talentoso, que pena lo que le pasó :(

King of skate❤

Лучший!

Simply the BEST ever!

Evgene SOS tan profesional te admiro IDOLO

Whoops I thought the name was "Icon Evgeni Plushenko"... sorry

como se llama la cancion que sale al principio del video?

He was not only an athlete, but a wonderful artist on the ice. PLUSHY is the best always!

Any one know the music at 00:00 ?

Хех, Женя уже ветеран фигурного катания) Но после травмы опасно кататься дальше...

Евгений крепкого здоровья Вам и вашей семье! Вы внесли большлй вклад в фигурное катание. У Вас много поклонников. Вами гордиться вся страна!

Greatest figure skater in all times!

Does this mean he's not gonna compete the 2018 winter olympics

Oh gawd is he based victor in yuri on ice?

You are the ture legend

Siempre será el Rey del hielo 👑, un verdadero ángel en el hielo. En 2010 fue robado vilmente. Amor eterno por Evgeni 🇷🇺😘🇦🇷

Tsar Zhenya The Great

DAVAI EVGENY! DAVAAAAAI

Nobody remains champion forever. If they do, they will be overqualified and the competition wouldn't take them. Competition must be competitive, not under but not overdo too. Even Yuzuru Hanyu might have to retire once he got 3 times hattrick.

My top favourite skater 😊

It is because of him that team Russia got the gold in sochi.

during Sochi he was already in his hid 30s that’s already a long successful career probably my most favourite male skater of all time

That's Victor to you XD

He should win gold in Vancouver

i love you evgeni

Victor???

my mom likes him

Omg what if he coached Yuzuru Hanyu like in Yuri!!! On Ice? 😍😍😍

Lets all be honest we are here thanks to Yuri!! on ice, arent we?

I didn’t know Ellen DeGeneres was a figure skater

Мне очень жаль

Victor nikiforov in real life❤

ОДа :3 Плюююющенко

A great lost for figure skating !!

*ahem* YURI ON ICE

pl

Él es un magnífico patinador, pero ni él se cree que se lastimó, no quiso participr porque sabía que perdería

He went on to have a double hernia 😭

sad a greawt skater and sp;ortsmman