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So much for retirement: Plushenko not ruling out 2018 Olympics

SOCHI, Russia — Russian figure skater Yevgeny Plushenko, who announced his retirement after withdrawing from the men's individual event in Sochi with a back injury, may now try to compete in the 2018 Winter Olympics.

"If need be, I'll have another 10 operations...I'm not ruling out that I'll go for a fifth Olympic Games," he told Russian state television on Tuesday.

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