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Thanks for sharing Snowgirl. It sounds like it was quite a show. How lucky for you to be in the audience and be a part of the tribute and to see "Lesha" perform Winter.
Setting aside the question of what USFS can do, I think they are cutting off their nose to spite their face if they don't let the skaters do these shows.
For Johnny to appear in the Russian show alongside Yagudin, Totmianina and Marinen, Navka and Kostamorov, and other international stars -- that's a win-win situation to me.
Why did they care if Johnny did Four Continents or not? Lysacek, Abbott and Bradley did the U.S. proud, and Johnny could have made us equally proud with a fine exhibition skate in Russia.
That's what I meant, thank you.
Not being a native english speaker sucks.
And now to gently move this back OT to Johnny....I was really hoping that Alexei would have a little 'inspirational talk' with Johnny when the two were supposed to meet at Tarasova's show. Unfortunately that didn't happen.
Wouldn't it be nice if Alexei makes a special trip to Tokyo to talk to Johnny during Worlds?
OK, now who do we believe in regards to where Johnny was during Evan's LP programme. I just reviewed and recoded the Nats for a friend, and Terry and Dick are commenting about where he was during Evan's skate. Terry even points out that he "was standing an pacing right there" as soon as Johnny leaves the rink and took two steps toward the K&C. Not where Johnny makes it out to sound like he was. If he says that is a "normal" place for skaters to stand, then why were Dick and Terry surprised where he was? Dick commented he had only seen a skater stand there one other time - Kat Witt, but she was glaring and focused where Johnny was pacing around.
So, who is telling the real story here?
eta, it is not as though I really think Johnny is lying, more that it doesn't sound like he even knew where he was.
Are you questioning this?
I tend to believe that Johnny was not actually watching Evan's performance but simply standing by the curtain separating backstage from the ice. I've seen him stand there before waiting for his turn to take the ice. He may have moved to the K&C area towards the end of Evan's performance (he did say he saw the last jump) but I don't believe he was standing and watching the entire time. Johnny does tend to pace back and forth while waiting his turn and that's what I believe he was doing.
Of course I am. I am not going to let bias dictate when there is rational thinking. Now I present this as being a possibility of misunderstanding on Johnny's part, and as I said, it is not really that I think (or want to admit) that there is a discrepancy between Johnny's comments on his Journal, and Dick & Terry's comments during the broadcast. But a fact is a fact. Someone does not have them straight.
If it is a matter of a "lie" being told, then who is? Dick and Terry or Johnny? Plan and simple, the reality is there are 2 different stories. So who has stated the correct one?
Let's face it, either Dick Button and Terry Gannon are lying or totally confused, OR Johnny is. There is no way around the facts. Someone has the right story and someone is not saying what REALLY happened. Who is it?
A young man who was in the heat of competition and emotionally overloaded within 10 minutes of the incident?
or
Two commentators whose job is to call what they see?
There is always what I want to believe.
I have already been to the place of "wanting to believe Johnny's journal" but what is real is just real no matter how much I want it to be different.