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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witty
2010-02-26 01:35 am UTC (link)

OT, but I really liked compulsory figures. I don't know a thing about them except that I watched Boitano do them on TV (uh... I guess that makes it 1992) and to see them was to be able to say, "Yes, that is a difficult skill that requires practice, talent and precision."

How can you not like that?? Also, it was just kind of neat, being able to look at the ice and the pattern his skate-blades had made. When it's all big leaps and fast movement, you don't always get to see fine detail like that.

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	tez 2010-02-26 02:09 am UTC (link)
	Would've probably been 1988; he didn't compete in 1992, came back in 1994, and I'm not sure if figures had been abolished by then or not. I watched them in 1988 and I was totally fascinated. That's a skill that I think has gotten totally lost with all the jumptacularity that people keep harping on. Hardcore fundamentals, that's what figures are. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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