Members lovely_m Posted February 17, 2010 Members Share Posted February 17, 2010 I'm happy Evan skated well, hopefully he can hold it together in the long. The kid skating after him is doing well in his first olympics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soapsuds Posted February 17, 2010 Members Share Posted February 17, 2010 I really liked Chan. I havent kept up with Men's Figure Skating for sometime now. I really enjoyed it tonight and instantly had my favorites. Chan was one of them. Make that two of us. I was real happy for Evan. I hope he beats plushenko. I cant stand plushenko or his bland skating....ugh....lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lovely_m Posted February 17, 2010 Members Share Posted February 17, 2010 Poor Chan, talk about pressure. Too bad Jeffery Buttle retired or else he could have taken some of that pressure off Chan. Plushenko already has a gold, he doesn't need another one. The freeskate is where Evan skates best and he's my favorite skater (minority opinion, I know). If any of the top three are to have a meltdown on Thursday, it's Takahasi. The reason Johnny scored so low was because he lost points for an edge violation on a triple flip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y&RWorldTurner Posted February 17, 2010 Members Share Posted February 17, 2010 Plushenko and Lysacek kicked ass. Though, I see Plushenko walking away with the Gold again, but Lysacek should have an easy Silver. I'm really disappointed in Jeremy Abbott. It seems like the Olympic nerves got to him, and he's capable of much better. He was even crying in one interview after he knew he had botched his short program. LOL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lovely_m Posted February 17, 2010 Members Share Posted February 17, 2010 I love how after all the hoopla over the importance of a quad it really didn't matter in the end ( in the short program at least). Evan is only .55 points behind Plushenko. The guy who made the biggest stink about it, Brian Joubert, is so far out of medal contention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soapsuds Posted February 17, 2010 Members Share Posted February 17, 2010 I hope Evan takes it all. He's one of my favs too! I liked Abbot as well as others from various countries. Plushenko...blah...puke...cant stand the dude...lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soapsuds Posted February 17, 2010 Members Share Posted February 17, 2010 Awwww...poor Jeremy...He is a good skater. Just had his first olympic experience and didnt fare too well. It happens to the best of them It happened to Evan last olympics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lovely_m Posted February 17, 2010 Members Share Posted February 17, 2010 The sad thing about Jeremy is that he is the same age as Evan. This may be the end of the road for Jeremy, he may have two years left in him. He'll have to fight off Adam Rippon for the top spot at nationals soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y&RWorldTurner Posted February 17, 2010 Members Share Posted February 17, 2010 Wouldn't Jeremy be as old as Plushenko is now by the next Olympics? Not saying he's anywhere near that caliber, but I do think if he works on his nerves, he could see redemption at the next Olympics, assuming he doesn't deteriorate with age and doesn't go Pro before then. He really let himself down, and we all know he's capable of much better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lovely_m Posted February 17, 2010 Members Share Posted February 17, 2010 I'm afraid that Jeremy would go the Timothy Goebel/ Takeshi Honda route rather than the Plushenko route. There's just such a short life span for people in this sport, with a few exceptions. Plus, the federations will be happy to toss you aside if you can't perform and there is a hot shot waiting in the wings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Toups Posted February 17, 2010 Author Administrator Share Posted February 17, 2010 I didn't see Plushenko's skate. Did he do the quad or is he saving that for the long program? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lovely_m Posted February 17, 2010 Members Share Posted February 17, 2010 Plushenko did a quad, but Lysacek and Takahasi didn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Toups Posted February 17, 2010 Author Administrator Share Posted February 17, 2010 Okay thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lovely_m Posted February 17, 2010 Members Share Posted February 17, 2010 Plushenko criticizes Lysacek for not having a quad in his program: http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/vancouver/figure_skating/news?slug=ro-mindgames021610&prov=yhoo&type=lgns Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Adam Posted February 17, 2010 Members Share Posted February 17, 2010 If Chan has no chance now, I really really want Lysacek to take that gold away from Plushenko! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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