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 ...

The appeal to the International Skating Union was approved, and the athlete has been officially cleared to represent Azerbaijan internationally, ...

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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 ...

The Figure Skating Federation of Russia has authorized Alexander Plushenko’s transfer to Azerbaijan’s team, a source told TASS MOSCOW, May 21. /TASS/. Russian two-time Olympic figure skating champion ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...