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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	kylenne 2010-02-24 08:53 pm UTC (link)
	See also: Rudy Galindo. :( To be honest, I'm a huge skating fan and have been since I was very little, but that kind of bullshit turned me off of men's skating. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	usagivindaloo 2010-02-24 09:24 pm UTC (link)
	What was the issue with Galindo? I know he claimed at one point that he was marked down based on his sexuality, but after watching his performances, I'd have to say he was marked down because... well... they really weren't very good. :( Was there some other controversy I was unaware of? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	thoms 2010-02-24 10:13 pm UTC (link)
	I'm wondering that too, and wondering if it was the same reasoning for him being moved from pairs to singles so quickly. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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