Russian skating star's colorful life off the ice. Evgeni Plushenko performs in the men's figure skating team free program at the Iceberg Skating Palace during the Sochi Winter Olympics, Feb. 9 ...

It's crunch time for Evgeni Plushenko, a Russian Olympic figure skater and beloved athlete, who had the 13th major spinal surgery of his career last year and nearly had to sit out this year's Games.

Four days after helping Russia win gold, skating legend Evgeni Plushenko takes heat in homeland for dropping out of Sochi Games. ... "It became harder and harder to sympathize with the athlete." ...

Updates from Friday, April 25 Plushenko may not retire after all, according to Nick Zaccardi of Olympic Talk: ... Evgeni Plushenko Retires After Withdrawing from 2014 Olympics with Injury ...

Evgeni Plushenko is one of those athletes, times infinity. ... Who he is: Evgeni Plushenko is, according to many in the know, the greatest living male figure skater.

Vancouver, British Columbia — Evgeny Plushenko and his coach, Alexei Mishin, carped all week about men’s skaters who do not try a quadruple jump, insisting such athletes are Neanderthals ...

But Plushenko is also one of a coterie of athletes and artists that are loyal Kremlin hacks, understanding that, these days, there is pretty much only one side of the bread that's buttered in Russia.

Evgeni Plushenko is such a whining little loser. One of the best skaters in the world came out of retirement after three years away from the sport and won a silver medal in yesterday's figure ...

Russian Olympian Evgeni Plushenko has done his last triple axel. The 31-year-old figure skater's career came to an abrupt end on Thursday, Feb. 13, when he withdrew from the men's event at the ...

Evgeni Plushenko won a team medal for Russia at the Sochi Olympics. ... The athlete did not disclose any details, but noted that it will be “some kind of live broadcast.”" ...

MOSCOW — Evgeni Plushenko predicts that next month’s Olympic figure-skating competition in Pyeongchang, South Korea, will be the best ever. Citing the proliferation of quad jumps among the men ...