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I can’t believe I’m writing about figure skating again, as this is clearly not one of my preferred sports to watch, but in my last two posts, I already mentioned Russian figure skater Evgeni Plushenko. He “only” won the silver medal in Vancouver, finishing second behind U.S. American Evan Lysacek. No big sensation so far, [...]

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The Olympic Winter Games just kicked off in Vancouver. On Tuesday, the individual figure skaters will start their competition. Defending Olympic champion is 27 year old Russian Evgeni Plushenko. Not too long ago, no one would have expected him to start in Canada and try to defend his title, as shortly after winning in 2006 [...]

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