SOCHI, Russia – If Russia wanted an Olympic moment when it selected a 31-year-old Yevgeny Plushenko for the Sochi Games after he had barely skated the past two years, that’s exactly what it got ...

Figure skating superstar Yevgeny Plushenko will compete in the individual men's event at the Winter Olympics, Russian federation president Alexander Gorshkov confirmed on Monday. There had been ...

Evgeni Plushenko's Olympics are over. His competitive career, too. The Russian star retired Thursday just after he withdrew from the men's event at the Sochi Olympics for medical reasons. The ...

Evgeni Plushenko of Russia waves to spectators after he pulled out of the men's short program figure skating competition due to illness at the Iceberg Skating Palace during the 2014 Winter Olympics, ...

SOCHI, Russia, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Russia's flamboyant figure skater Yevgeny Plushenko pulled out of the Winter Olympics through injury on Thursday in a shock twist that immediately deflated home fans ...

SOCHI, Russia, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Russia's Yevgeny Plushenko pulled out of the men's individual figure skating event at the Sochi Olympics on Thursday, just seconds before he had been due to start his ...

The Russian skating star withdrew from the Winter Olympics on Thursday after he appeared to injure himself during warmups. moreAfter warming up a triple axel jump before the men’s short program, ...

MOSCOW, September 15. /TASS/. Russia’s titled figure skater, two-time Olympic Champion, Evgeni Plushenko, who announced his comeback to sports in mid-April, has been diagnosed with a new spine injury ...

Throughout the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games, Guggenheim fellowship-winning poet Kwame Dawes will be writing verses that capture the spirit of the day's action. In this installment, the poet looks ...