MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian figure skating superstar Yevgeny Plushenko said on Wednesday he will not compete for the gold medal in the men's competition at the Sochi Olympic Games after he came in second in the national championships.
Plushenko, 31, who prolonged his career in the hope of reclaiming the gold medal he won in 2006 in Turin on home soil in February, had been the favourite going into the national championship.
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