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Lysacek leads strong U.S. team in Tokyo
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If Lysacek wins this over Joubert, Kozuka, Oda, Abbott, and Chan he will be on a roll to be quite a contender for the 2010 Winter Games.
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Is that wise? Is he desperate for money?
Evan competed at Worlds with that same stress fracture. That's why he didn't try the quad in LA.
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I don't dispute the article, but who decides that Evan "leads" the team?
Maybe Rachael or Ben would like to lead the team.
Maybe Rachael or Ben would like to lead the team.
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I can't really expect Evan to win here. I don't thin he will even try that hard. he doesn't have anything to prove, and he will not by trying the quad with that foot.
by the way I love how he stayed so calm and focused during LA through that injury. knowing he could not do the quad even if he had to...and feeling the pressure of skating at home. I am still just so proud of him.
by the way I love how he stayed so calm and focused during LA through that injury. knowing he could not do the quad even if he had to...and feeling the pressure of skating at home. I am still just so proud of him.
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You have to realize that Evan Lysacek will be the reigning Men's World Champion going into the 2010 Olympics.
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On another board, a discussion came up on the difference between figure skating and boxing. In boxing, when the world champion loses, he is no longer the champion. In skating, the world champion can lose several times ....... and remain the champion. :scratch:
It's very gutsy for him to skate so well through the injury. I beg to differ. The skater who leads the team is the national champion, the winner of the competition held to determine the best skater in the country.
This year's results say that Jeremy Abbott is the best skater in the U.S. and hence the leader of the U.S. men's team.
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Tennis has 5 biggies but no World Champion. They do have sort of a Body of Work which I consider as showing consisstent quality.
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But then again, the U.S. men's team comprises only two skaters, Lysacek and Abbott. Maybe Abbott could be the captain for the short program and Lysacek for the long program.
The captain of the U.S. women's team is Alissa Czisny, in absentia.
The U.S. pairs team consists of one pair, Denny and Barrett. The captains of the U.S. pair's team are, in absentia, McLaughlin and Brubaker. Same with Davis and White.
Mayve the teams took a vote and elected who they wanted for captain. That would be better, I think.
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I like how they do it in Hockey. The Stanley Cup is, according to the provisions of Lord Stanley's endowment, a challenge cup to be held by "the best team in Canada."
If you have a team and you think you are better than the holder of the Stanley Cup, then you can challenge that team to a match. If you win, then you are the best team in Canada and get to keep the trophy until a new challenger arises.
Currently the best team in Canada is the Detroit Red Wings.
If, say, the NHL finals comes down to the Anaheim Ducks versus the Pittsburgh Penguins, and the Ducks win, then Ananheim is the best team in Canada and the Penguins play the role of surrogate Red Wings and must surrender the Cup.I love sports! :yes:
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I read somewhere that the team captains are Lysacek, Joubert, Jana Khokhlova, Hao Zhang, Oda and Scott Moir. I have no idea if this is true or how they were chosen.
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