TURIN, Italy, Feb. 14 -- Russian figure skating coach Alexei Mishin grabbed hold of the sleeve of Evgeni Plushenko after his near-perfect performance in the Olympic men's figure skating short ...

See About archive blog posts. Russia’s Evgeni Plushenko has been the dominant men’s skater in the world this year, but he was an also-ran in the rankings that helped determine the draw for ...

Once again, just as I predicted, Evgeni Plushenko is kicking up scandal at the Olympics. Just minutes before the men's figure skating competition was scheduled to start, Plushenko has pulled out ...

TALLINN, Estonia Yet another gold medal was in his possession, and with a sly smile, Yevgeny Plushenko extended his right arm and let his hand tremble. The hand represented his rivals at the ...

Two-time gold medallist Yevgeny Plushenko dramatically announced his retirement from figure skating after withdrawing from the Winter Olympics with a back injury on Thursday in a move which ...

SOCHI, Russia -- Instead of competing, Evgeni Plushenko took a curtain call. The Russian withdrew from the men's event at the Sochi Olympics on Thursday after aggravating his chronically bad back ...

VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Yevgeny Plushenko accused his rivals of not moving with the times but Evan Lysacek cracked the code to the new scoring system to win Olympic gold and show it was the Russian ...

VANCOUVER (Reuters) - With two high-scoring quads planned for Thursday's free skate, Yevgeny Plushenko has been strutting around Vancouver with the air of a man who already has the men's figure ...

A few men, including the silver medalist Plushenko, attempted a quad, but the difficult jump didn’t guarantee a medal. While the new complex point system that judges figure skating has been ...

SOCHI, Russia -- Evgeni Plushenko will compete in the men's individual event, despite feeling more pain in his back during the finals of the team competition. Plushenko said Sunday night he ...

The golden boy of Russian Winter Olympic sports Evgeni Plushenko is at the center of a whodunnit mystery in Sochi. Was the four-time Olympian told to compete by the Russian skating federation ...

Russia's Yevgeny Plushenko performs during the men's short program figure skating competition at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games on February 16, 2010. Photo: IC Russia's figure skating ...