MOSCOW, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- A Russian skating official said Evgeny Plushenko has been cleared to participate in next month's European figure skating championships in Sheffield, England.
Alexander Gorshkov, the head of the Russian Figure Skating Federation, said Plushenko, 29, was initially denied entry in the competition due to International Skating Union rules requiring competitors to have at least one reasonable performance in preceding international events, RIA Novosti reported Friday.