Russian Figure Skater Evgeni Plushenko Retires After Abruptly Withdrawing from Winter Olympics
Evgeni Plushenko's time at the Sochi Winter Olympics have come to an early end and now, reportedly, so has his figure skating career.
Plushenko was in obvious pain after landing awkwardly on a triple axel during warm-ups on Thursday night. His coach, Alexei Mishin, said that he had injured his back during practice Wednesday, and simply could not skate. On Thursday morning, Plashenko withdrew fro