Hello LFNY and joystar,
Thanks for your replies to this topic!!!
LFNY says:
They need to leave Plushenko alone - he is awesome and the younger skaters are probably just jealous
Well put. I agree. These YOUNGER skaters want to be like TARA and SARA ... swoop in one moment to GRAB hold of the GOLD with their ATHLETIC prowess ... and then be gone the next moment. And, imo, this is also what ruins the sport. Been watching it since Peggy won her Gold Medal in 68, but after the last OLYMPIC Games have LOST INTEREST due to the way these YOUNGER skaters like Tara and Sara keep getting the Gold MEDALS.
I think the reason for the Hissy Fits, is Russian embarrassment about letting Plushenko skate in the first place. You can't tell me that TPTB didn't know exactly how serious Yvgeny's back injury was. You don't let a 31 year old National Hero skate against kids, when he has steel rods in his back. He could have been crippled!
Personally, I think that the judging should be 2/3 for Artistry and 1/3 for jumps. I also think that IOC should raise the minimum entry age to 17 1/2. That would give the "jumping beans" time to deal with more mature bodies. The "Tara/Saras" are going to find 6 triple/triples a little harder when their Centers of Gravity change.
That's so sad to hear about the steel rods in his back. People should also have that much MORE RESPECT for him that he gave it a try under such conditions!!!
I also agree that ARTISTRY should count more than the JUMPS do. And if the age requirement was higher then Tara would also not have her permanent hip injury now from having done that TRIPLE/TRIPLE LOOP that enabled her to beat KWAN.
Wait until she needs a HIP TRANSPLANT and then let's see if she still thinks that GOLD MEDAL she won was worth it.
As for the other poster who says PLUSHY is a CRY BABY ...
he has also NEVER been a BAD SPORT like that other CANADIAN CRY BABY ...
the pairs skater who has her HISSY FIT on the podium ...
and then FORCED the skating judges to also GIVE her a GOLD MEDAL ...
after she'd won the SILVER MEDAL.
Thank goodness the pair from CHINA also refused to stand on the podium again and pose for another PHOTO ...
after they gave the CANADIAN CRY BABY a TIE SCORE so that she could pretend to have also won an OLY GOLD MEDAL.
Plushy has to much DIGNITY, CLASS, and SELF RESPECT to ever behave the way she did.
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