Four-time Olympic medalist Evgeni Plushenko will have back surgery on March 2. Plushenko, 31, withdrew from the men's figure skating short program at the Sochi Games just days after helping Russia win ...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) – Evan Lysacek won the Olympic gold. Evgeni Plushenko won the argument. The quad, the toughest jump there is in figure skating, is the way of the future. It has to be ...

After his aborted performance on Thursday—and the subsequent announcement of his retirement—it became all too clear that Evgeni Plushenko should have passed the torch to a younger skater before the ...

The Opening Ceremony in Sochi has yet to happen, and already the Russians have established themselves as an intimidating force on the ice. Former Olympic champion Evgeny Plushenko and reigning ...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia – When it comes to the Olympics, Evgeni Plushenko knows all. Having a gold and silver medal in your trophy case gives a champion plenty of insight. So after posting a ...

Evgeni Plushenko, the decorated 31-year-old Russian, has just withdrawn out of the Olympic men's figure skating competition. Plushenko appeared to injure himself on a triple axel during warmups, and ...

MOSCOW, September 22. /TASS/. An issue of introducing transfer payments for figure skaters’ switch from one coaching staff to another should be reviewed by the world’s governing body of figure skating ...

Plushenko: Traveling to fifth-career Olympics is ambition to set personal record MOSCOW, March 14. /TASS/. Russia’s two-time Olympic Champion Evgeni Plushenko has been operated upon in Israel to ...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia - Evan Lysacek brought down the champion. Lysacek became the first U.S. man to win the Olympic gold medal since Brian Boitano in 1988, shocking everyone - maybe even ...

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 ...

SOCHI, Russia -- Four-time Olympic medalist Evgeni Plushenko will have back surgery on March 2. Plushenko, 31, withdrew from the men's figure skating short program at the Sochi Games just days after ...