Men's LP...play-by-play coverage/comments

[Saundy]

So...the gold medal is a lock just by watching Plushie 2 mins in.

Certainly we all knew that didn't we?

 

[sk8m8]

Fabulous, good for Matt and Evan...it's official, all three men from USA finish in the top 10


Let me back up, JW go go go (big prayer)!!!

 

[CDMM1991]

PLUSHENKO

4T-3T-2L- just another day at the office
3A-2T
3L
Barb Underhill comments that the program is very front-loaded
3A
3Lz
This choreography does nothing for me.
3Lz-2T
So far it's another robotic Russian gold, but hopefully that will change when we get some trademark Plushy footwork
Footwork sequence-he's starting to put on a real show now
3F-doubles! It's not going to make a difference in the result, but it is a flaw.
Straightline footwork sequence- actually goes with the music
He's the best. That's all there is to it.

 

[Sk8n Mama]

Well that was no Yags in SLC but still, probably unbeatable.

 

[Frau Muller]

These scores are going to be way up there....

"The finest men's champ EVER!"

YUP - he is TSAR!!!!

19 PLUSHENKO Evgeni RUS 1 90.66 1 167.67 1 258.33
13 LYSACEK Evan USA 10 67.55 2 152.58 2 220.13
14 SAVOIE Matthew USA 8 69.15 3 137.52 3 206.67
10 VAN DER PERREN Kevin BEL 13 65.36 4 132.03 4 197.39
17 ZHANG Min CHN 11 67.39 6 128.88 5 196.27
7 KLIMKIN Ilia RUS 18 61.61 5 130.19 6 191.80
18 SAWYER Shawn CAN 12 67.20 7 123.63 7 190.83
16 SANDHU Emanuel CAN 7 69.75 9 120.49 8 190.24
15 CHIPER Gheorghe ROM 9 67.66 12 118.53 9 186.19
9 DAVYDOV Sergei BLR 14 64.65 11 119.94 10 184.59
3 LI Chengjiang CHN 21 60.23 8 121.98 11 182.21
12 DINEV Ivan BUL 15 63.64 13 116.47 12 180.11
1 VERNER Tomas CZE 22 59.71 10 120.36 13 180.07
6 DAMBIER Frederic FRA 19 61.17 14 116.42 14 177.59
11 KOVALEVSKI Anton UKR 16 63.41 16 109.43 15 172.84
2 LINDEMANN Stefan GER 20 60.52 15 112.05 16 172.57
8 PFEIFER Viktor AUT 17 62.17 18 101.70 17 163.87
4 BERNTSSON Kristoffer SWE 23 59.55 17 102.40 18 161.95
5 TOTH Zoltan HUN 24 55.07 19 90.40 19 145.47

 

[Tenorguy]

Congrats Evgeni! You deserved it...... you have worked hard and now I hope you enjoy the rewards and can sidestep any negative issues that can come with the top prize.

Can Johnny really do it?! Will Buttle conquer his nerves? Will Joubert pan out? What about Lambiel?

May all the men skate their best -

Tenorguy

 

[CDMM1991]

TES=85.25
PCS=82.42
FS Total=167.67
Event Total=258.33

Into 1st- WHAT A SHOCK

 

[Jasper]

Wow, what a slow and boring performance. He was cautious and did not skate anywhere near his best. They'll still give him outrageously high marks.

GAG.

 

[tharrtell]

Look at the spread in points ... Plushy: 258.33; Toth: 145.47 ... that's insane! Interesting to be able to quantify the difference between the skaters. Not that that is truly possible to do, but the difference is more striking than under 6.0.

 

[Frau Muller]

Let's not forget who is the world champ - Stephane Lambiel here!

Four Seasons

 

[Saundy]

Wow, what a slow and boring performance. He was cautious and did not skate anywhere near his best. They'll still give him outrageously high marks.

GAG.

Yeah I thought it was definitely kinda slow. It was certainly no Yagudin in '02, but still VERY impressive!

 

[Jasper]

"I've never seen anything like it - he's made it a quite magical evening..."

I must disagree completely.

 

[Frau Muller]

Wow, what a slow and boring performance. He was cautious and did not skate anywhere near his best. They'll still give him outrageously high marks.

GAG.

Crowd didn't think so...stomping & screaming....

 

[Frau Muller]

Lambiel -

Only 2 axel? (added later - he fell on 3 ax)

***SuPER 4 -3 - 2 just like Plush!!!

3 loop "just...." (held on?)

wonderful expression

2nd quad...didn't happen...

"Courage - 3 toe after 3 flip, almost from standstill." Still has chance for medal but this last minute must be good.

3 sal-2 toe "fighting hard"

fabulous spins - big cheers from crowd

"Great finish - the spins are his calling card." "Steam went out of him after fell in 3 axel....then after missed 2nd quad. Will he be able to medal?"

 

[tharrtell]

Wow, what a slow and boring performance. He was cautious and did not skate anywhere near his best. They'll still give him outrageously high marks.

GAG.

Haven't seen it yet, but I'd say Evan must have had a great program to be only 15pts behind. Especially given Plushy had a 10 point lead over #2 in the SP.

 

[Frau Muller]

I must disagree completely.

I'm just quoting the Eurosports commentators from the UK....


Will Lambiel go into 2nd? Lysacek has total of 220 pts...

YUP - firmly into 2nd...but way behind Plush...by almost 30 pts!!!

19 PLUSHENKO Evgeni RUS 1 90.66 1 167.67 1 258.33
20 LAMBIEL Stephane SUI 3 79.04 3 152.17 2 231.21
13 LYSACEK Evan USA 10 67.55 2 152.58 3 220.13
14 SAVOIE Matthew USA 8 69.15 4 137.52 4 206.67
10 VAN DER PERREN Kevin BEL 13 65.36 5 132.03 5 197.39
17 ZHANG Min CHN 11 67.39 7 128.88 6 196.27
7 KLIMKIN Ilia RUS 18 61.61 6 130.19 7 191.80
18 SAWYER Shawn CAN 12 67.20 8 123.63 8 190.83
16 SANDHU Emanuel CAN 7 69.75 10 120.49 9 190.24
15 CHIPER Gheorghe ROM 9 67.66 13 118.53 10 186.19
9 DAVYDOV Sergei BLR 14 64.65 12 119.94 11 184.59
3 LI Chengjiang CHN 21 60.23 9 121.98 12 182.21
12 DINEV Ivan BUL 15 63.64 14 116.47 13 180.11
1 VERNER Tomas CZE 22 59.71 11 120.36 14 180.07
6 DAMBIER Frederic FRA 19 61.17 15 116.42 15 177.59
11 KOVALEVSKI Anton UKR 16 63.41 17 109.43 16 172.84
2 LINDEMANN Stefan GER 20 60.52 16 112.05 17 172.57
8 PFEIFER Viktor AUT 17 62.17 19 101.70 18 163.87
4 BERNTSSON Kristoffer SWE 23 59.55 18 102.40 19 161.95
5 TOTH Zoltan HUN 24 55.07 20 90.40 20 145.47

 

[Saundy]

Jeff...please please PULEASE do NOT try the quad!

 

[CDMM1991]

LAMBIEL

Man this is an ugly outfit. It's almost hard to look past it and see the performance
3A- doubles
Looking cautious, and slow
4T-3T-2L- perfeccct, much cleaner than in the short
3L-hangs on to the landing
2A
4T- puts a hand down, and flips out on the landing
3F-3T
3Lz-oooooooooooooo hard fall
3S-2T

He has opened the door for Johnny for the silver, and maybe even for Joubert, Takahashi, and Buttle for the bronze.

 

[Eowyn]

I'm just quoting the Eurosports commentators from the UK....

stepping in here (I usually lurk)...these commentators...I wish they would put these guys on NBC....you don't have to worry about missing the music because the commentators won't be quiet.

I <3 eurosport, wish I could get the video.

 

[Sk8n Mama]

Jeff...please please PULEASE do NOT try the quad!

I agree! I also agree that Plush's program looked like he was making it up as he went along (boring). And I agree that Lambiel gets the rusty hanger for that costume. I had seriously hoped he would change it for Olys.

Johnny up now.