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MOSCOW, May 19 (Reuters) - Olympic figure skating champion Yevgeny Plushenko, who has not competed since winning the men's gold at the 2006 Games, could defend his title at next year's Vancouver Games after being named in Russia's preliminary team.

"He has been included in a preliminary team for Vancouver pending his medical examination," Russia's figure skating chief Valentin Piseyev told Russian media on Tuesday.