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- Feb 17, 2010
Patrick isn't unbeatable, he peaked and while he holds his level quite well (which is impressive given that this level is anything but low), others have closed the gap. But for whatever reason there are still people doing this 'he will win anyway'-boo-boo-whining stuff, which the last season clearly showed isn't true. If Patrick manages to skate well, he has all the chances to win the OGM. But he is defintily not a shoe-in, not in the least.
What we learned from Worlds last year is that there are only a handful of men capable of beating him. Ten could not have skated much better and still lost, so probably Hanyu, Dai, Javier, and Evgeny make up the list of men who could beat Patrick in Sochi. If Plushenko is clean, the arena is going to erupt and his scores will be through the roof; Patrick would have to skate his best to win.