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Skating. evgeni plushenko is retiring. he landed awkwardly while attempting a triple axle and said it felt, quote, like a knife in my back. the 31-year-old is the first figure skater in the modern era to win medals in four olympics. he has been plagued by back and knee injuries in recent years. he says he has had 12 different surgeries. that was a big loss. after shani davis finished nowhere near the podium and richardson had equal disaster in the speed skating and u.s. is trying to figure out w...

As we take a look at the olympic flame in vancouver, lets get to the top stories coming out of there. the rivalry is heating up between evan lysacek and evgeni plushenko. during an interview, he said a quadruple jump is necessary to be a tru mens champion. lysacek said its not right for the russian to discredit the field. shani davis is going for another gold. he and chad hedrick will return today. and apolo ohnos looking to become the most decorated winter u.s. olympic athlete after tieing bo...

Few minutes. >> more gold for the usa, lysacek won, defeating evgeni plushenko. the u.s. stretched its medal lead to seven over germany. they have 18 medals in all, six of them gold. >> tiger woods in his own words, the most infamous golfer is ready to talk after three months of silence, how far will an apology go towards getting his life back on course. new help for homeowners at a time when more and more people are losing their jobs and dealing with growing foreclosures, help is on the way. ...

Timeliness of toyotas big recall and the companys handling of safety complaints. upset on the ice at the olympics. u.s. olympic skater evan lysacek becomes the first man to take a cold since brian boitano in calgary. he won over evgeni plushenko. and the astronauts of the international space station are ready to come home sunday. right now we have their boss, charles bowdin who is a retired major general, and a pleasure to have you here, sir. thank you for being here. >> ali, it is quite a p...

September. more gold for the usa at the vancouver olympics. lysacek won the gold medal, shocking everybody including himself by upsetting the defending champ, evgeni plushenko. it ends a 22-drought for mens u.s. figure skating. the last time they won was in 1988. they have 18 medals, and all six of them are gold. and rob marciano is tracking the extreme weather across the country today. what are we looking at today, rob? >> more warm weather for the vancouver olympics. the u.s. is doing well...

There. this was one of the most exciting sporting events i had ever seen. when it came down to the final six men, the american evan lysacek skates first. the big controversy he doesnt have any quadruple jumps. other than that, he skated virtually flawlessly, the program of his life, came into a strong lead. then we had to wait through four more skaters before we got to evgeni plushenko. he was known for toughness, through that quad, landed it, a series of triple jumps. everybody was holding thei...

For a silver despite landing a flawless jump. wiping out here. julia mancuso turned in another performance to take home silver in the usa. hannah teter and kelly clark soared to silver and bronze. nbcs chris jansing following the excitement. some of the best play by play i think ive heard was from you today explaining the atmosphere and what was happening out there with the mens figure skating. it was awesome. >> it was unbelievable. it was absolutely electric. im telling you that place was rock...