One more "report" from Pinzolo, by our friend Karen Davis :plush39:
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Went to see Evgeni practice on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday last week.
Each day he would warm up firstly when he came on to the rink, as he has recently had some surgery on his knee, he had to take to the ice carefully. By the end of the week he had made much progress and managed to land triple jumps very well, to my delight, THE KING IS BACK, but it will take continual practice and hard work of course, to achieve his goals for this up and comming season. I noticed a great rapour and respect between hiself and his coach Mishin. His trainer and chrographer were by his side throughtout as there is much training off ice to keep up Evgeni's physical health and endurance.
Every time Evgeni entered the ice rink ready for his practice, you could feel his strong presence before he even stepped onto the ice, it was like a god and I had to contain my absolute joy and excitment at seeing every minute of his practices for this week. From my experiences from going to at least 3 shows since last October, I could see clearly with my own eyes just how much POWER, MAGIC, DETERMINATION AND PURE GENIUS this man has when he skates on the ice, the Artistry is amazing and when he skates backwards ready to go into his jumps you can not Help but glue your eyes to his every move. This is why I travel for at least 12 hours from England to Pinzolo to enjoy every minute of his presence on the ice ,and why I am such a huge fan. His reputation as the TRUE KING ON ICE should not be underestimated. HE IS THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME!!!!