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Even after he pulled the exact same stunt last year at Skate America, and at Nationals?
no last year it was because of USFSA and Evan couldn't agree to a "contract".
Even after he pulled the exact same stunt last year at Skate America, and at Nationals?
Even after he pulled the exact same stunt last year at Skate America, and at Nationals?
no last year it was because of USFSA and Evan couldn't agree to a "contract".
What happened this year was the same thing that happened last year. Evan got too fat and didn't want to lose face at competition. He just has a different excuse this time.
Right....because when that happens, you jump on a plane and announce your comeback to millions of people on live TV during the Summer Olympics. It all makes sense now. Evil genius, he is
It a very good plan, if you can pull it off correctly. Shawn Johnson rolled in millions in endorsements, her book deal, commercials for TV shows, and Dancing with the Stars, all while announcing her comeback for the 2012 Olympics, despite doing very minimal gymnastics between Beijing and London.
Evan on the other hand ...
Not really, because after he's a no-show at 2013 Nationals, he'll tell us he's going to comeback for realsies in 2014 and you'll probably fall for it again. Don't take it the wrong way - I like eternal optimists.
Actually that is basically what Shawn Johnson and Nastia Liukin spent 4 years doing and pulled off masterfully, scamming tons of money in the result. Well Shawn did return to do 3 events at one Nationals and a couple tiny events, abandoning her comeback before the obvious of missing the Olympic team. Nastia meanwhile returned to deliver a couple crummy bar routines and to retire again. Essentialy all Evan is doing with his fake comeback (except probably without even the token appearances of Shawn and Nastia), except now nearly as wisely and not raking in nearly the money from it they did, in fact in his case losing it more likely.
Wow, you guys must think that doing things like turning over twice in the air while twisting or launching your body four feet over a bar and catching it again are easy. Obviously they must be easy, if people can apparently do them without training and conditioning.
I have visions of YouTube videos of Skate America with just music playing and no one on the ice.
Wow, you guys must think that doing things like turning over twice in the air while twisting or launching your body four feet over a bar and catching it again are easy. Obviously they must be easy, if people can apparently do them without training and conditioning. Becoming an alternate to the World team (Shawn in 2011) is obviously something that you can just do while slacking off with one hand behind your back. And getting your beam routine back to elite levels and scoring among the top tier at nationals (both gymnasts) is obviously cake as well. Regaining every skill that was in your Olympic bar routine? Totally a walk in the park. Trying to compete the routine after a shoulder injury limits your ability to run full routines and develop muscular endurance (not the same as cardiovascular), even when competing could cause you to re-injure that shoulder? Totally sounds like the best route to fame and fortune. That's why everyone does it......... working out five to eight hours a day is the easiest way to make a buck, don't you know.
Same with Evan. There have been numerous reports of him slacking off by training quads last spring. But, of course, he wouldn't need to actually be in training to do something like that without hurting himself. Because skaters totally never lose their jumps when they stop training... just look at Sarah Hughes. Yep. No training and you can just keep all your skills to pull out of your *** just to make a buck.