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 ...

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 ...

EADaily, May 26th, 2026. The decision of 13-year-old figure skater Alexander Plushenko to play for the Azerbaijani national ...

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Evgeni Plushenko, the first figure skater in the modern era to win medals in four Olympics, retired from competitive figure skating shortly after withdrawing from the men's competition for medical ...

Russian figure skater Evgeni Plushenko delivers one of the most hilarious and STD inflicting skating routines since I accidentally smashed into the rear end of that grandma at the Lloyd Center ice ...

SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) - Russian organisers are proud of a "truly great" Winter Olympics so far, although the sudden retirement of figure skater Yevgeny Plushenko has left home crowds with no-one to ...

SOCHI, Russia (AP) -- 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 ...

Struggling and slowed by injury, defending champion Evgeni Plushenko and Johnny Weir pushed their aching bodies through the qualifying round yesterday at the figure skating world championships in ...