He's in wonderful company. (Hi Sandhu!)ISU Grand Prix Final Men's Champions to date:
2008-2009: Jeremy Abbott USA
2007-2008: Stephane Lambiel SUI
2006-2007: Brian Joubert FRA
2005-2006: Stephane Lambiel SUI
2004-2005: Evgeni Plushenko RUS
2003-2004: Emanuel Sandhu CAN
2002-2003: Evgeni Plushenko RUS
2001-2002: Alexei Yagudin RUS
2000-2001: Evgeni Plushenko RUS
1999-2000: Evgeni Plushenko RUS
1998-1999: Alexei Yagudin RUS (first season it was renamed the "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating")
1997-1998: Ilia Kulik RUS
1996-1997: Elvis Stojko CAN
1995-1996: Alexei Urmanov RUS (called the "ISU Champions Series" in its first season)
This is fantastic. Where is Phil Hersh now?
Hersh's latest column, Abbott wins, skating loses, Chicago keeps word (and seven other things I know) is online, and addresses three points related to figure skating: he credits Abbott for doing so well at GPF, and in a season that has the judges really cracking down on errors; he refers to the injury/illness bug that has led to B/A, DelSchoe and Joubert being sidelined; and he criticizes Speedy and the ISU for not being concerned that "the new judging system has overtaxed skaters' bodies to the point that they either retire prematurely, like Switzerland's Stephane Lambiel and Canada's Jeffrey Buttle, or miss competitions with one injury after another."^ Phil is busy drafting a grumpy article about the US ladies.
You are correct. But people always need a scapegoat. Lambiel suffered from knee problems for a long long time and people suspect that his way of training spins could have been one of the contributing factors.didn't Stephane's injuries happen BEFORE the CoP was mainstreamed?
what are they supposed to do?