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Evgeni Plushenko’s agent says the Olympic silver medalist isn’t awarding himself a new color of medal and just wants to put the furor over the men’s figure skating final behind him. There are pictures of Plushenko’s three Olympic medals on his website, and reports Tuesday said his latest was labeled “platinum of Vancouver.” His medal from the Salt Lake City Games in 2002 was identified as silver. The Russian also has a gold from Turin in 2006. Ari Zakarian says whoever did the “stupid thing” had no authority. There were no labels below the medals as of Tuesday afternoon. As for Plushenko’s unhappiness with the final results, Zakarian says the skater is looking forward to competing again.
The Associated Press
