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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	nevadafighter 2010-02-25 03:16 am UTC (link)
	I know what's it's like to lose or come in second, but seriously--how hard is it to stand there and keep your damn mouth shut? I've never understood people who have to shit on the winner's good time just because they can't stand to lose. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	thoms 2010-02-25 03:30 am UTC (link)
	I know. I was looking at Lysacek's twitter today, he's been so happy (the exclamation point seems to be his favorite keyboard key). I hate that Plushenko's decided he needed to shit on his moment as much as he has. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nevadafighter 2010-02-25 03:35 am UTC (link)
	The fact that he's clearly not letting BooHoo Plushenko's little toddler-tantrum rain on his parade makes me very happy. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	caffeine_fairy 2010-02-25 09:23 am UTC (link)
	If Plushenko's that much of a dick it may make victory a little sweeter... (Reply to this)(Parent)

	adevyish 2010-02-25 03:43 am UTC (link)
	He has just been a ball of joy since his short program that it is hard not to be excited with him! I still can't forgive him for some of the comments he made about Weir back in '06 or '07, though... (Reply to this)(Parent)

	iamnotyourmuse 2010-02-25 01:53 pm UTC (link)
	I missed his little hop onto the top of the podium, but when I came back into the room to watch the actual ceremony my first comment to my husband was "Wow, someone's bitter about second place." Even before he opened his mouth it was obvious he was pissed off. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	adevyish 2010-02-25 05:39 pm UTC (link)
	Heh I didn't see the backstage part, I just saw him storm off the rink while Lysacek and Takahashi were still having photos taken. Awkward. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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