Evgeni Plushenko, of Russia, performs in the Men's short program in figure skating in Turin, Italy during the Winter Olympic Games on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2006. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian))

Russia's Evgeni Plushenko performs a death drop during the finals of the Men's Figure Skating Free Skate competition at the Turin 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Turin, Italy, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2006. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Ilia Klimkin, of Russia, skates in a Thursday, Feb. 16, 2006 photo, in Turin, Italy during the 2006 Turin Olympic Winter Games. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)

Evgeni Plushenko, of Russia, performs during his routine in the Men's Free Skate in figure skating at the Turin 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Turin, Italy on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2006. The three-time world champion won the gold medal. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)

Russia's Vassili Rotchev, left and Ivan Alypov show their bronze medals after finishig third in the Men's Cross Country Team Sprint at the Turin 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Pragelato Plan, Italy, Tuesday, Feb 14, 2006. Sweden took gold; Norway won silver. (AP Photo/Anja Niedrighaus)

Gold medalist Russia's Maxim Marinin carries his partner Tatiana Totmianin during their routine in the Pairs figure skating finals at the Turin 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Turin, Italy, Monday, Feb. 13, 2006. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)

Russia's Alexandr Horoshilov comes to a halt to finish his run in the Men's Combined Downhill at the Turin 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Sestriere Borgata, Italy, Tuesday Feb.14, 2006. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Russia's Maria Petrova and her partner Alexei Tikhonov perform a double twist during the Pairs short program at the Turin 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Turin, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2006. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)

Russia's Svetlana Ishmouratova celebrates her gold medal during the medal ceremony for the Women's 15km Biathlon at the Turin 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Turin, Italy Monday Feb 13, 2006. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP Russian figure skater Alexei Yagudin, gold medalist of the olympic men's figure skating competition, gives a phone-call as he watches the women's free program of the figure skating competition at the Olympic Ice Center, 21 February 2002 during the XIXth Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP Timothy Goebel of the US, Russian Alexei Yagudin and his compatriot and concurent Alexei Plushenko (From RtoL) jubilate on the podium at the end of the men's free program at the Olympic Ice Center, 14 February 2002 during the XIXth Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. Yagudin won the gold ahead of Plushenko and Goebel.

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP Russian Alexei Yagudin performs the men's free program at the Olympic Ice Center, 14 Feruary 2002 during the XIXth Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. Yagudin won the gold medal ahead of his compatriot Evgeni Plushenko and Timothy Goebel of the US.

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP PHOTO Bente Skari of Norway (C) stands with Olga Danilova (L) and Julija Tchepalova (R) both of Russia during medal ceremonies 12 February 2002 for the Women's 10km Classical Cross Country ski competition at the XIX Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, Utah. Skari won the gold, Danilova the silver and Tchepalova the bronze.

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP Russian figure skaters Yekaterina Gordeyeva and Sergei Grinkov smile after receiving their gold medal in the pairs competition at the Winter Olympic Games, 16 February 1994 in Hamar, near Lillehammer. The night before, Gordeyeva and Grinkov won their second Olympic gold medal, six years after capturing the title in Calgary.

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP Russian pair Yekaterina Gordeyeva and Sergei Grinkov perform their program during the figure skating competition 15 February 1994 in Hamar, near Lillehammer. Gordeyeva and Grinkov won their second Olympic gold medal, six years after capturing the title in Calgary.

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP Russian Sergei Grinkov lifts partner Yekaterina Gordeyeva during the figure skating competition 15 February 1994 in Hamar, near Lillehammer. Gordeyeva and Grinkov won their second Olympic gold medal, six years after capturing the title in Calgary.

The United States??? Shawn McEachern (15) from Waltham, Mass., celebrates after Sean Hill???s first period goal over the Unified Team in Friday???s semifinal game at the XVI Winter Olympics, Feb. 21, 1992, Meribel, France. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)

The United States??? Moe Mantha (22), from Lakewood, Ohio, tries to get the puck past the Unified Team???s goalie Mikhail Shtalenkov and Andrei Khomoutov (15) during the first period of semifinal game at the XVI Winter Olympics in Meribel, Friday, Feb. 21, 1992 in France. (AP Photo/Amy Sanceta)

Unified Team???s Vitali Prokhorov (24) is congratulated by the United States??? Clark Donatelli from North Providence, R.I., after the Unified Team beat the U.S. 5-2 in semifinal game at the Winter Olympics in Meribel, France, Friday, Feb. 21, 1992. The Unified Team advances to the championship round and the United States plays for the bronze medal Saturday. (AP Photo/Denis Paquin)

Unified Team dance pair Marina Klimova and Sergei Ponomarenko kiss on ice as they end their routine to win the gold medal for the dancing at the Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 17, 1992 in Albertville, France. Kilmova and Ponomarenko won the bronze medal in the 1984 Olympics and the silver in 1988. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)