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FIGURE SKATING Alexei YAGUDIN: “I’M COMING BACK”
Yesterday, the champion of the Salt Lake City Olympics of 2002 told the“SE” correspondent of his decision to return to eligible competition.
“SE” FILE
Alexei YAGUDIN
Born March 18, 1980, in Saint Petersburg . Olympic Champion of 2002.
4-time World Champion – 1998, 1999, 2000, and 2002. Silver Worldmedalist of 3002. Bronze World medalist of 1997. 3-time Europeanchampions – 1998, 1999, and 2002. 2-time European champion – 2000 and2001.
Junior World champion of 1996.
Elena VAJTSEKHOVSKAYA
On July 5th in New York, Yagudin has undergone a surgery replacing hiship joint. Information about this has been scarce. The skater’s coachTatiana Tarasova has told your correspondent earlier this month on thephone: “Lesha called me at home from America and asked – will you helpme if I return to eligible sport? I answered affirmatively and heardback – in the case, I’m going to the hospital to get my surgery.”
Back then, we failed to track down Yagudin himself. The only thing Imanaged to get out of Tarasova is that the doctors insist the athletebe monitored constantly for two weeks to make sure the firstrehabilitation period passes without complications. Tarasova thereforeasked Alexei to take it easy in his leg, and to wait at least a month.
Yagudin himself called me. He confirmed that the surgery went well. Hethen shocked me with the following, “You know, I’ll call you later inthe day. I want to hit the gym before the interview. I want toexercise, may be run for an hour or so.”
At the appointed time, the phone rang again.
“I am sorry I wasn’t returning your calls for awhile”, started Yagudinsomewhat guiltily. “I was afraid of saying anything too early. I wantedto first understand if my scheme of returning to the eligible ice is atall realistic.”
“So, you did make that decision.”
“Yup. That’s why I flew to America for the tests. I would need to go tothe hospital sooner or later anyway. I saw the X-rays of the hip joint.One didn’t need much medical knowledge to see that the joint wascompletely ruined. In addition, there were inflammation and swellingaround it.
I flew in a few weeks before surgery, since the preliminary tests had to take a long time.”
“What exactly did the surgery do?”
“When I saw the X-rays two weeks after the surgery, the first thing Ithought of was that I was now like the Terminator. I have a titaniumhip. It looks menacing on the X-ray – a metal pin with a titanium head,and the joint mechanism itself is also made of titanium. I chose thismetal myself. I was told, it acts very organically in the human body.It’s like it becomes a part of it.”
“Are you sure you’ll be able to train like before?”
“I want this badly. I understand well that I am now 27, and that I willbe 29 by the Vancouver Games, that figure skating does not stay inplace, and that the nervous system can’t handle the load as well;however, if I did the jumps cleanly before competition, and even did atriple axel at time, surely it won’t now be worse.
It will all depend on how the rehabilitation goes. I’m inspired by theexample of Rudy Galindo, who replaced both of his hip joints in undertwo weeks, and skated in the Collins Tour six months later. If I medalat the 2010 Games in Vancouver, I’ll consider it a greataccomplishment.”
“What if there is simply not enough place for you on the Olympic team?After all, there is no guarantee that Russia will be able to send twoathletes to the Games.”
“You know, I once told Nikolai Morozov, who has already agreed to workwith me permanently, that it will be good if Zhenya Plushenko returnsto the sport by the next World championships. This way, Russia wouldhave at least two places in the pre-Olympic season. He replied – if youalready think you may not have a place on the team, then don’t evenstart.”
“So, Morozov will train you?”
“Together with Tarasova. We have already discussed it. We decided thatwe should combine efforts to win a medal in Vancouver. Of course, I’mscared. Getting there will be a hell of an effort. But I want to gothrough that again.”
Complete interview with Yagudin will appear in an upcoming edition
Sergei ARKHIPOV, orthopedic surgeon, doctor, professor:
“The point of Yagudin’s surgery was to insert a metal implant with arough surface into the hip bone. The second part of the constructionhas the same structure - it’s like a cup that the head of the hip goesinto. When the bone cells regenerate, they grow into the rough surface.If one works the hip joint to much too early, there is a risk damagingthe cell tissue, loosening the joint, and thus slowing down therehabilitation process. As to the professional outlook, of courseYagudin will be able to skate. However, I’d refrain from prognosisregarding the jumps. You have to understand that the jumps force a lotmore strain on the joint than it was ever designed for.”
Tatiana TARASOVA, Russian master coach:
“When Lesha called me to ask if I’d agree to continue working with him,I agreed without a second thought. Yagudin is not just an outstandingskater. He is a man who lives for competition; more importantly, he isthe best competitor there is. In the few years Lesha has skated inshows, he has psychologically rested from big sport. I haven’t yettalked to Nikolai Morozov, but I have no doubt that he’ll want to workwith Yagudin as well. Though, of course, Kolya will have a lot of workthen – he is also training one of today’s best skaters Takeshi Honda.The most important thing now is health. If his leg will really stopbothering Lesha, I don’t doubt for a second that he will be successful.”
Valentin PISEEV, president of Russian Figure Skating Federation:
“If Yagudin is serious about resuming training and fighting for hisplace on the team, I can only be supportive. I haven’t discussed itwith Alexei yet, but once he will officially announce his comeback, wewill immediately go to ISU to have Yagudin’s eligibility reinstates tohave him compete at the ISU events. I can also assure you that thefederation will do everything to insure Yagudin has everything he needsfor training.” |
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