VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) - Evan Lysacek stood atop the podium, looking dazed as the first notes of the "The Star-Spangled Banner" floated through the arena. No wonder. When the guy standing ...

Evgeni Plushenko, the decorated 31-year-old Russian, has just withdrawn out of the Olympic men's figure skating competition.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 ...

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 ...

SOCHI, Russia - A master showman and four-time Olympic medalist, Evgeni Plushenko knows brilliance on the ice. He saw it Sunday night inside the Iceberg at Sochi's Olympic Park from a countrywoman ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

MOSCOW, March 31. /TASS/. Russia's two-time Olympic figure skating champion Evgeni Plushenko told Match TV on Friday that he was retiring. The 34-year-old figure skater earlier announced that he would ...

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 ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Former Olympic and world champion Evgeni Plushenko is set to get Russia's only slot in the individual ice skating programme at next month's Sochi Games, R-Sport news agency reported ...