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VIDEO Body-builder stripper Evgeni Plushenko figure skating to “Sex Bomb” by Tom Jones

Outspoken and flamboyant Russian figure skater Evgeni Plushenko lost out on his bid to be the first man to win back-to-back gold medals since Dick Button did it in 1948 and 1952, and he was none too happy about it! But, instead of crying over spilled milk, Evgeni needs to think about returning to the Evgenius that inspired this drag king boby-builder exhibition routine from the 2001 World Championships!

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PHOTOS Katharina Haecker in “The Genteel Elegance of Figure Skating Fail”

Is there anything more graceful than the fluid artistry of a talented figure skater? It is human beauty and dignity floating before our eyes in a seemingly effortless display of poetry in motion, and I thought I might take a brief moment to step away from the brutal and ugly side of humanity usually talked about at length on this blog and pay tribute to the quiet majesty that is the fine art of figure skating.