Yo Lysacek, I’m really happy for you, I’ll let you finish...
Yevgeny Plushenko, Russian superstar, lost the Men's Figure Skating gold to Evan Lysacek last week. He's been throwing a fit ever since, including stepping on the gold medal winner's platform during the award ceremony.

Today, he took the whining to another level, and awarded himself the platinum medal.

ETA: Since I submitted this yesterday, Plushenko has denied having anything to do with the medal. Also, I must have linked to the boring article with no comments. Total writeup fail, guys. D:

*awards self tin foil medal*

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deliciouschaos
2010-02-24 07:32 pm UTC (link)

Going off of the reactions of various figure skating aficionados that I've seen, it's been a very long time since someone got a gold medal without a quad. There was a sense that the quad was required, despite it being insanely difficult and knowing that one badly landed jump can throw a skater off for the rest of the program. A lot of what I've heard is "HE DID IT WITHOUT A QUAD OH THANK GOD FINALLY"

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	tez 2010-02-24 07:47 pm UTC (link)
	I want to say the last time was...1992? I don't think Viktor Petrenko had a quad in his repertoire. I know Brian Boitano HAD one, but opted not to do it. I think he tried for it in that year's world championships and didn't quite hit it. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	senor_pinata 2010-02-25 02:55 am UTC (link)
	No one landed one in Nagano, though they were trying. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	tez 2010-02-25 03:02 am UTC (link)
	There was a lot of falling in Nagano, wasn't there? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	senor_pinata 2010-02-25 03:04 am UTC (link)
	I think so. For the dudes. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	sorchar 2010-02-25 04:27 am UTC (link)
	Right? Because once the quad becomes common, what then, trying for a quint? It's getting a bit out of hand. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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