I cant believe they did that to Johnny i actually tough he was going to be on the podium, but no!
And congrats to Evan, shame he will have to face the speculation of Plushenko being robbed, but doesnt matter he is the olympic champion:agree:
Plushenko, the last to skate, held up both index fingers when he finished, as if to say, “Was there ever any question?” As it turned out, yes.
No one loves the limelight quite like Plushenko, and he was in his element. He preened, posed and skated as if certain another gold medal was his.
Plushenko is good, very good, and he certainly knows it and is happy to confirm it to anyone who asks.
Takahashi, perhaps mindful of Plushenko’s comment that ‘real men do quads’, fell on his opening quad toeloop but still closed out his routine solidly for a deserved bronze.
The Russian, who simmers with brooding arrogance, is the certainly the better showman but there can only be one leading man at the Olympics and it’s Lysacek’s name in lights above Vancouver tonight.
I cant believe they did that to Johnny i actually tough he was going to be on the podium, but no!
And congrats to Evan, shame he will have to face the speculation of Plushenko being robbed, but doesnt matter he is the olympic champion:agree:
Shame about Dai, probably with the ratified quad and other 2 toe of his combinations could have been enough, so glad he won in the PCS, i just enjoyed every single part of La Strada
I got kicked out of the forum! Now I can finally post.
I am heartbroken for Plushenko. He has never been my favourite skater, but I was really hoping that he would win gold again in his comeback. He'll still be one of the greatest figure skaters of our time though. Who was the last male figure skater to win three medals at the Olympics?
Lysacek deserved the gold though. He must have prepared like crazy for this Olympics and that really showed in competition. Great performance! He's one of the very few skaters who can put everything together when it counts. Superb consistency!
I hated the marks given to Daisuke. I haven't looked at t he protocols yet, but I thought they were wayyy low w hen I first saw him. He was behind Chan and Lambiel, I would have put him ahead.
Yep, its seems nobody here in Mexico agreed with Evan winning, and yep also, what was that about the battle of the brians? Didnt get the main idea of it,totally diferent situationsAh!! see peeps making it back to the forum.
iscariot: did you listen to the post-competition comentary on 22? The Mexicans thought Plushy should have won ... I thought it was bizarre they compared it to the brian-brian thing....
I agree Dai could have won. what an upset THAT would have been.
ITA about Johhny. ugh.
I got kicked of GS after Evan's skate and couldn't get back on until just now. I assume that's happened to others. I assumed the site had crushed because I kept getting the message that it couldn't find the network provider for the site or something.
All in all, it was a good night of skating. WELL it was a poor beginning for it was very exciting for the last two groups. I didn't have a favourite in Men's event this year but I agree with the results. I am glad that figure skating is not all about jumping, but about over all skating.
Isn't it ironic that Evan beat Plushy in TES and tied with him in PCS? That's really something. Who would have thunk it?
Personally, I disagree. So many people are cheering for Lambiel, but he can't do (nor did he attempt) a triple axel. To me a triple axel is so much more important than a quad. And again, quality counts. Not just the performance quality but the quality of the elements. Evan executed the elements with much more perfection than Plush.http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/va...ws?slug=es-thoughts021810&prov=yhoo&type=lgns
Basically it sums up my feelings.