Mens figure skating? I'd rather watch golf.

"Now it's not men's figure skating. It's dancing. Maybe figure skating needs a new name."

I guess he has a bit of a point, actually. Most Olympic sports are won strictly by physical results, not aesthetics. They're about speed, distance, time, weight. Volleyball, slalom, ski jumping, swimming, track and field, bicycling, speed skating, weightlifting, tennis, baseball, etc. The end result is the only thing that matters, not how the competitors looked during competition. The only exceptions I can think of off the top of my head are diving, gymnastics and figure skating, basically any sport where judges do anything more than call a foul. The ancient Olympics had no events which would be won by how graceful the competitor looked. Maybe "ice gymnastics" or something would be a more appropriate name for the event Plushenko wants.

girls can be so mean sometimes

Plushenko can go grab a bottle of vodka and cry US the Volga River.

I can't think of any other Olympic event where the athletes are allowed to pick their own clothes with no flag colors reflected. I hope that in 50 years people will look back at a time when ice skaters wore little dresses and dressy tights and marvel. Plushenko complains about his skating not being rewarded and that the sport is further devolving into "dancing" - doesn't he think that dressing all sparkly like has a role in that?

I'm no expert, but based purely on style and GOE, 1,2, and 3 were, indeed, 1,2 and 3. That Japanese boy really impressed me, though.

Nice to see that Russia hasn't lost its talent for sour grapes whining, lol. So basically anybody who lands a quad should win gold? I don't think so. I don't know much about skating but I watched the men's program last night and Plushenko did nothing but jumps, there was no artistry or transition or even a sense of fun to his routine, it was kinda boring. Figure skating is a combination of athleticism and artistry and Lysacek had the whole package. Go watch their routines on the NBC Olympics site and see for yourself. The right man won gold.

"Whatever you can do, I...BRUNO THE MAGNIFICENT can do it better!!!"

- from Big Top Bunny

this guy's a bundle a sticks

Are you calling him a faggot? Is that what you're doing? What does that make you? An asshole? A bigot? An illiterate, inbread, redneck, low-life, trailer-park, infantile turd? At least have the balls to come out and say what you mean.

I see what you did there!

Screw 'em both. Johnny Weir should have landed on the medal podium!

The problem with Weir's routine is that it lacked the difficulty that Lysacek, Plushenko, and Takahashi's routines had. The base value for Weir's elements was only 73.21, as compared to 74.93 for Lysacek and 75.03 for Plushenko. Takahashi's base value was only 70.28 (due to the botched quad), but his program component numbers were much stronger than anyone else's.

http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-figure-skating/schedule-and-results/men-free-skating_fsm010101eh.html

Takahashi was a real pro. He had great polish and flair.

Johnny was robbed of a bronze, in my opinion.

Johnny Weir is a walking stereotype.

johnny weir belongs more on Idol than the effing Olympics. He's an attention queen.

he also whined and cried when he lost to the chinese KID at the smuckers event. what a baby, seriously.

TOTALLY agree! Both of his programs were damn near flawless. They should have ranked him higher.

i agree. he gave a bronze model performance. he was underscored by 5 points in each of his programs IMO which would have put him around bronze.