Joannie Rochette never needed figure skating more than at the Vancouver Olympics. It gave her a comfort zone as she competed days after her mother died of a heart attack, winning a bronze medal with one of the most courageous performances her sport has seen. Looking back, the Canadian champion knows the ...

Former Olympic champion Yevgeny Plushenko has been ruled out of the upcoming world figure skating championships on medical grounds, it was reported by RIA Novosti news agency Friday. Russian figure skating federation chief Valentin Piseyev said Plushenko would miss the March 23-27 competition in Turin on doctor's orders. The 27-year-old Russian previously won the world titles in 2001, 2003 ...

MILAN (Reuters) - Olympic silver medalist Yevgeny Plushenko has pulled out of next week's figure skating world championships because of injury. "We've received a mail, he is injured. He will not compete," a spokeswoman for the Turin organizers said on Friday, adding the Russian may come to the event to watch. Plushenko was examined in St Petersburg and told ...