German great Gerd Schonfelder closed out his Paralympic career on a high Friday, winning the men's super-G (standing) title for his third gold medal of the Games to go with one silver. Through six Paralympic appearances, the downhill specialist has won 21 medals, including a record 15 gold medals. With his wife due to give birth to the couple ...

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 ...

Olympic silver medallist 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. "On Thursday Yevgeny underwent thorough medical testing," Piseyev said. "Some of ...