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So I heard Plushenko wants to compete at Sochi 2014, but will he compete at Worlds next month or internationally next year? And what about Lambiel, done for good?
Finally someone thought of the same thing!! I was so frustrated with his decision to go the quad, but now I realized he probably had no choice from his culture stand point. Remember miki ando desperately wanted to do 3-3 because she couldn't take the pressure from Japanese media/people? which made morozov furious and he eventually stopped her by threatening to break up... I bet Dai faced tremendous pressure from back home to perform the quad. skating in Asia is popular but still fairly new, people tend to put a lot of emphasis on jumps since that's the most exciting and obvious move.Takahashi actually earned the highest PCS of the night in the LP with 84.50 and Lambiel was second highest with 83.60. Had Dai played it safe like Evan, he would be Olympic champion. Daisuke has got to be kicking himself in the aftermath of it all. Why did he have to try that quad . . . it ruined everything for him.
I bet Dai faced tremendous pressure from back home to perform the quad. skating in Asia is popular but still fairly new, people tend to put a lot of emphasis on jumps since that's the most exciting and obvious move.
I love how Plushy, with his joke of a program including hip gyrations and "oooohh, aren't I so hot and sexy" (looking like a bad imitation of a pole dancer in the process), complains that Evan's skate isn't masculine enough, due to the lack of a quad...
Plush, I love you and applaud your 4-3, but that program was frankly an insult to the Olympics.
Flip or not, it doesn't matter. No body cares flip, everyone talks about quad. Triple flip is just another triple jump. Quad is a jump on the next level. The judges inflated Lysacek's SP score, even inflated Takahashi's SP score. As a result, it created this narrow difference in the total scores. I agree that Plushenko didn't do enough in LP, but Lysacek should not be a champion as the result. He could just win the LP. I think everyone could accept that.
Finally someone thought of the same thing!! I was so frustrated with his decision to go the quad, but now I realized he probably had no choice from his culture stand point. Remember miki ando desperately wanted to do 3-3 because she couldn't take the pressure from Japanese media/people? which made morozov furious and he eventually stopped her by threatening to break up... I bet Dai faced tremendous pressure from back home to perform the quad. skating in Asia is popular but still fairly new, people tend to put a lot of emphasis on jumps since that's the most exciting and obvious move.
Plushy will always be remembered in history as a great skater. Evan will be remembered as the one who beat him in Vancouver.
Just like Sarah Hughes is remembered![]()
Just like Sarah Hughes is remembered![]()
How can anyone forget Sarah - when you mention her so often
What's with that? Are you on the Hughes family payroll![]()
Blame the Russians. They dug her up in order to explain a few things. I had no idea who she was ... and yet I remember being mightily p off that year due to that boost. I'll forget her again as soon as the Olympics are over until another journo digs up her name again when it's time to 'remember' those who won yet were completely forgettable, oh and got their wins by other means too.
Lysacek skated great and won the top prize in this competition. Yay!
This does not diminish the esteem in which Pklushenko's accomplishments are held.
Sarah Hughes will always have a golden memory to cherish -- even if Michelle and Irina decide one day to break into her house and steal her medal.![]()
Why are we so worried about how someone will be remembered ages hence?
Flip or not, it doesn't matter. No body cares flip, everyone talks about quad. Triple flip is just another triple jump. Quad is a jump on the next level. The judges inflated Lysacek's SP score, even inflated Takahashi's SP score. As a result, it created this narrow difference in the total scores. I agree that Plushenko didn't do enough in LP, but Lysacek should not be a champion as the result. He could just win the LP. I think everyone could accept that.