Russia's Evgeni Plushenko won the Olympic silver medal in Vancouver in the men's free skating competition, beat out by the U.S.'s Evan Lysacek who took the gold medal.
Japan's Daisuke Takahashi will take home the bronze medal in the men's figure skating event.
Plushenko led the competition after the short program with Lysacek behind by half a point, but during the final free skate, the American came out on top with an overall score of 257.67. Plushenko followed with an overall score from both events at 256.36, and Takahashi with 247.23.
MOSCOW, February 19 (RIA Novosti)
