That would be Kurt Browning in '89shine said:So when was the last time that a World championship was won by someone who has never previously medalled there NOR at the European Championships?
OMG I'm soooo on cloud 9..............
hrmsk8ngnutt said:That would be Kurt Browning in '89
Good point, Eeyora. I am very happy for Evan and Jeff, but if Plush and Weir had been 100% healthy, I doubt they would have been on the podium (Stephane would have made it regardless).Eeyora said:Wow this is a shock., Three cheers for the top three. COP's really makes the standings unpredictable. It will be one interesting Olympics. As of right now we have many medal contenders. I just hope it isn't to much to soon for Evan.
Agreed, but I think it would have been a close call between Jeff and Johnny with Joubert not far behind (with a clean skate, anyway).I am very happy for Evan and Jeff, but if Plush and Weir had been 100% healthy, I doubt they would have been on the podium (Stephane would have made it regardless).
Jaana What ever happened to Joubert??? Did he get too nervous as there was a true possibility of him being able to win the gold as Plushenko withdraw? Or did he get nervous because he notices suddenly that there are perhaps also other strong medal contenders? Oh my said:When Stephane was interviewed by Gwendal after the competition he mentioned that he had been incredibly surprised by how nervous Brian was prior to the Free Skate and that he definitely wasn't his usual self, I think that was evident from Brian's free skate. Brian's own coach said when she was interviewed, that Brian had just been inexperienced, which somewhat surprised me and all I can hope is that she meant he is not experienced with dealing with pressure. And he would have been under some extreme pressure last night, with Plushenko withdrawing the French Federation, the coaches, other skaters, fans and himself must have thought that if he couldn't win last night then he may never have another chance last night. Also Brian has never had to deal with the pressure of a preolympic year and the expectation that goes with that. There would have been such a huge weight on his shoulders to do well at this worlds as lets face being a world medallist going into the Olympic Year and the Olympics themselves would have been such a big boost to anyone.
He has had a rough season with all the coaching changes and has said himself that he really started to hate skating at one point and was only really getting back to enjoying it at Europeans when he was back with his original coach and things were going better.
I really hope that this is just a glitch, a bump in the road that he has to deal with. It will definitely be a real test of his character and one i really hope he can pass. I really do enjoy watching his skating and would really like to see him do well next season.
diver chick said:When Stephane was interviewed by Gwendal after the competition he mentioned that he had been incredibly surprised by how nervous Brian was prior to the Free Skate and that he definitely wasn't his usual self, I think that was evident from Brian's free skate. Brian's own coach said when she was interviewed, that Brian had just been inexperienced, which somewhat surprised me and all I can hope is that she meant he is not experienced with dealing with pressure. And he would have been under some extreme pressure last night, with Plushenko withdrawing the French Federation, the coaches, other skaters, fans and himself must have thought that if he couldn't win last night then he may never have another chance last night. Also Brian has never had to deal with the pressure of a preolympic year and the expectation that goes with that. There would have been such a huge weight on his shoulders to do well at this worlds as lets face being a world medallist going into the Olympic Year and the Olympics themselves would have been such a big boost to anyone.
He has had a rough season with all the coaching changes and has said himself that he really started to hate skating at one point and was only really getting back to enjoying it at Europeans when he was back with his original coach and things were going better.
I really hope that this is just a glitch, a bump in the road that he has to deal with. It will definitely be a real test of his character and one i really hope he can pass. I really do enjoy watching his skating and would really like to see him do well next season.
kzarah said:As for Johnny Weir, I think that sometimes people have injuries, sometimes they have bad skates and sometimes they blame bad skates on injuries. So, being the poor sports men that I am, I say boo hoo to Johny Weir.
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