Plushenko eager to upstage Chan, silence critics

(Reuters) - No stranger to whipping up a storm, Yevgeny Plushenko will be out to prove that his ageing, aching and patched-up body can still jump as high, spin as rapidly and move as artistically as his more supple and younger rivals at the Sochi Games.

Canada's three-times world champion Patrick Chan, dynamic Japanese duo Yuzuru Hanyu and Daisuke Takahashi and double European champion Javier Fernandez will be eager to upstage Plushenko in front of his home fans but that has not stopped the Russian showman from living up to his "spoilt diva" tag.