I cannot decide whos step sequences I hate more - Lysacek's or Plushenko's
Honestly, that's a beatable score. For Chan, for Takahashi, for Oda - for Verner, Lambiel and Joubert if they have the decency to get their act together.Evgeni PLUSHENKO
TES: 81.15
PCS: 76.80
FS: 157.95
240.20
1st place overall
....and Plush squishes the competition like a bug.
At least Oda's score was higher overall. If Plushenko comes back and cruises to a gold medal, I'll be very disappointed. And that seems more and more likely.
We need healthy Takahashi and even Chan's quad. It's our only hope
(of course, they need to land it...)
Honestly, that's a beatable score. For Chan, for Takahashi, for Oda - for Verner, Lambiel and Joubert if they have the decency to get their act together.
He just got 6.95 for transitions, 7.60 for choreo, 7.80 IN, 8.00 SS and 8.05 PE... Can someone remember the ones from Torino, hasn't he got 8's all around?
There are a lot of delusional people in figure skating. Just today I read that Kevin Reynolds is trying to channel his inner artist! Compared to that bit of wackiness, for Plushy to think his LP is beautiful is quite reasonable.Hsuhs said:I bet Zhenya himself doesn't see it that way. He prob thinks he's showing something beautiful there.
yesOr a Lambiel with 3As.
It's a decent score for someone's who been off the scene for 3 seasons. Anywyas, I have a feeling that Plushenko would only improve as the season goes on and he gets less rusty.
And if he gets more mileage on his programs (and wins Euros or something), momentum willl add even more padding to his score.
Honestly, that's a beatable score. For Chan, for Takahashi, for Oda - for Verner, Lambiel and Joubert if they have the decency to get their act together.
I would not call his FS cruising today. It will be a fight for the gold medal. We know what Oda and the rest of the field can do.
I also suspect that he will include a second quad by Vancouver.
Or a Lambiel with 3As.