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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	eleutheria 2010-02-24 11:04 pm UTC (link)
	It seems to be the same way in regular non-ice dancing. I'm reminded of Nigel Lithgoe on So You Think You Can Dance, and the way he berates, humiliates, and otherwise bullies male dancers who he doesn't think are macho enough. And don't get me started on the way the show treated a pair of gay male ballroom dancers when they tried out. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	plazmah 2010-02-24 11:09 pm UTC (link)
	UGH, yes. Nigel is the reason (well, one of many) I can't watch SYTYCD anymore. :( (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

eleutheria
2010-02-24 11:12 pm UTC (link)

I didn't watch this last season because it was a conflict with other TV (I mean, it's a fine little summer show, but whose bright idea was it to show the thing in the fall?), but from everything I heard about the judging and Nigel being even worse than he was in S5 (which, considering the "and he wants to take his WOMAN" comment to Brandon, that's hard to do), I definitely didn't miss it. I love the dancing, but that motherfucker needs a boot in the head damnquick.

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	plazmah 2010-02-24 11:17 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah, didn't watch it in the fall because the Canadian version was on. Without Nigel being a homophobe and a pervert, it was quite enjoyable. Also, I got to vote! ;) (Reply to this)(Parent)

	frequentmouse 2010-02-27 07:39 pm UTC (link)
	May he be visited by the vengeful spirit of Rudolf Nuryev. Who was about as macho as possible, and also gay (or bi? or possibly omnisexual?). (Reply to this)(Parent)

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