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SKATER HIGHLIGHT
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1-27-2008
(1/27/2008)
- The showdown everyone was waiting for at the 2008 U.S. Championships
did not disappoint as Johnny Weir (SC of New York) and
EVAN LYSACEK (DuPage FSC) staged a
battle for the ages, with LYSACEK
out-dueling Weir in the senior men's competition after both skaters
scored 244.77 total points. LYSACEK
took the gold courtesy of his beating Weir in the free skate,
162.72-161.37. It is the second straight U.S. title for
LYSACEK. Stephen Carriere (SC of
Boston) finished third.
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11-11-2007
Evan Update —
The Grand Prix season is upon us and Evan is skating great. First up was Skate
America in October in Reading, Pennsylvania. Winning the Free Skate portion,
Evan came back in points to secure the Silver Medal. Skating a new dramatic
program to “Tosca”, he went for a quad toe to start, a slight two-footed
landing, but continued on to nail a triple Axel, six more triples and a triple
Axel combination and a triple flip combination He also earned an impressive
Level 4 for three of his spins. Daisuke Takahashi of Japan captured Gold, and
Patrick Chan of Canada earned the Bronze.
Next up was the Cup of China, held recently this weekend. Evan had an excellent
short program edging out teammate Johnny Weir for the lead position. His short
was to “The Legend of Zorro,” and was a solid performance with a triple Axel,
triple Lutz and quad-triple toe combination, with only a hand down on the quad.
Again, excellent high level step sequences and phenomenal spins completed a
personal best short of 81.55—wow! After a solid free skate
which placed second, this brought an overall Silver. Johnny Weir won the Free
Skate and ended up first overall with Stephane Lambiel of Switzerland in third.
Congratulations Evan!
Watch for television coverage—the Cup of China event will be aired on 11/18/07,
3:00 p.m. Central time on
ESPN. Also, Evan will be skating through town at the Sears Center in Hoffman
Estates for the “Wynonna Tribute
on Ice” tour on November 20, 2007. |
LYSACEK Does
it Again
by Troy Schwindt
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Evan Lysacek wins Four Continents
gold.
Photo by Matt Stockman, Getty Images |
2007 Four Continents Results, Photos, Video and News
(2/9/07) - U.S. champion
Evan Lysacek
admitted he didn't have his best stuff, but it was good enough to rally from
nearly 11 points down to win his second Four Continents Championships title
Friday night at the World Arena in Colorado Springs, Colo.
Lysacek, 21, recorded a personal-best
international free skate of 159.23 points and total score of 226.27, edging
short program leader Jeffrey Buttle of Canada and Colorado Springs' own
Jeremy Abbott
The California resident won his first Four
Continents Championships crown in 2005 in Gangneung, Korea.
Executing his opening quad toe-triple toe
once again provided Lysacek a big boost during his technically challenging
“Carmen” program.
“I've been practicing the quad really well
and it wasn't one of my better ones, but when the time comes I like to try
and fight for every point,” said Lysacek, who bested the 21-man field.
“Neither (triple) Axels were good. The second one was really tough and I had
to fight for it. That's what we do as athletes.”
Three weeks ago at the U.S. Championships in
Spokane, Wash., Lysacek nailed that same opening element en route to a
personal best U.S. mark. The quad at Four Continents, he said, wasn't nearly
as crisp.
“The one at nationals had a lot of speed and
a lot of flow out of the landing, and I think this one was a little
scratchy,” said Lysacek, who will represent the United States at the World
Championships in Japan in March. “It was really deep on that edge, which
kind of stops my momentum from having a real nice landing out of it. So,
technically it wasn't quite as good. As far as me being happy with it, I
think it was a lot more difficult tonight so I am really satisfied with
pulling it off.”
The altitude and a demanding three weeks of
competitions and practice showed in Lysacek's face as he struggled to
maintain the same energy that propelled him to the U.S. title.
He did receive a boost when his coach Frank
Carroll arrived just before the free skate from California, where he had
been part of a court trial.
“Having my coach here made all the
difference,” Lysacek said. “He got here at 6 tonight. He knows how to get
inside my head and make it work.”
Carroll said he simply tried to get Lysacek's
perspective right.
“He mentions this thing about Tiger Woods,
how he saw him in a zone, just strictly going shot after shot after shot,”
Carroll said. “And I think that's a great thing that he mentioned because in
figure skating you have to go from one element to another and execute it
right. He's getting tougher and tougher.”
Lysacek said he came to Colorado Springs with
the goal of working on his quad, that winning was secondary. He said that he
focused too much on the quad, which hurt some of the other elements of his
program.
“I think the execution of my program really
dipped in a couple of spots, so I have some work to do,” said the two-time
World bronze medalist.
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Figure Skater Lysacek Hits Career Pinnacle at Nationals
 
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Evan Lysacek dropped to his knees and
knelt on the ice, shaking his head in wonder as the audience roared and
stuffed animals rained down around him.
That national title he'd wanted so badly
for so many years was finally his.
WOMEN'S SIDE: Meissner
rules the ice
Lysacek skated the performance of a
lifetime at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships on Saturday, overwhelming
three-time champion Johnny Weir and everybody else.
He won the title with his first jump, a
quad-triple combination, then spent the next four minutes reminding everybody
how spectacular skating can be when it's done right.
"That was something," he said. "It's hard
to put into words how much I wanted to win this title."
Lysacek finished with 248.88 points,
winning by almost 30 points. Weir, who had the misfortune of skating after
Lysacek, looked dull for what might be the first time in his life. He fell on
one jump, popped another and by the end of the night, had tumbled all the way to
third.
He finished with 213.20 points, six points
behind surprising Ryan Bradley. It was the first time since 1935 that a
three-time champion been dethroned.
"Well, he beat me by 30 points," Weir
said. "He didn't just beat me, he kicked my (butt)."
Lysacek made no secret this week of how
badly he wanted to be the national champion. He won bronze medals at the last
two world championships and finished ahead of Weir at the Olympics.
But it was Weir who won the last three
U.S. titles, and those come with bragging rights topped only by Olympic gold or
a world title.
Lysacek is normally a happy-go-lucky guy,
but he was deadly serious Saturday, the perfect match for his slicked-back hair,
all-black outfit and Carmen program.
"I tried to totally shut down my brain,"
he said. "I was trying not to think about winning, because that's kind of a
curse."
His first element was the quadruple toe
loop-triple toe combination, a trick he'd only tried once before and hadn't
landed cleanly. This time, it was perfect.
As his blade touched the ice after the
second jump, Lysacek looked skyward, his face etched with relief. All he had to
do was stand up, and he'd win.
"I knew the biggest thing he was concerned
about was over," said his coach, Frank Carroll, who stood by the boards
clutching a medal he'd gotten from his former coach, Maribel Vinson.
The title meant too much to Lysacek,
though, and he wasn't about to mail in the rest of the program. His program was
loaded with technical difficulty, eight triples in addition to the quad. He
skated as much with his heart as his feet, his every landing solid, his every
step sure, his every spin dazzling. There was no wasted movement, no fluff.
The audience was on its feet with 10
seconds left. When Lysacek punctuated the last note of the music with a punch of
his fist, the fans roared their approval. He dropped to his knees and stayed
there for 20 seconds, soaking it all in.
"You don't dethrone (champions) in skating
by hesitating," Lysacek said. "You go out and fight with passion."
When he got up, he pumped his fists,
clapped his hands and tried to make eye contact with every person cheering for
him. Enough stuffed animals to open a toy store covered the ice, and Lysacek
bowed several times before skating off. When he saw his marks, he leapt to his
feet and saluted the crowd again.
All the while, Weir, who was up next, was
skating around the ice, trying to keep his focus.
It was impossible to do.
"Very, very difficult to go after that,"
Weir said. "I heard 90-something for the (technical) score, and I had never
heard that before. I thought, 'What did he just do?"'
The landing of Weir's opening triple axel
was shaky and he two-footed his attempt at a quad. He fell down on a triple loop
and popped a triple axel into a single. He didn't do a triple-triple
combination.
Even more disappointing was his demeanor.
Weir is one of the most lyrical, expressive skaters in the world, someone who
can make tracings look artistic. But he seemed almost disinterested.
Or maybe he just knew he'd been beaten.
"A bronze in the U.S. nationals isn't too
shabby," Weir said. "When you compare it to a U.S. title, it's a little
disappointing."
While Lysacek and Weir have programs that
can match up with the best in the world, Bradley is all about entertainment. And
the fans couldn't get enough, screaming like he was the second coming of Elvis.
He did do seven triples, including a
triple axel-triple toe combo, but he didn't even try a quad and speed wasn't his
strong point.
Copyright 2007 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not
be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
Posted 1/28/2007 2:13 AM ET
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Three Medals for U.S. Saturday at Cup
of China
by Sal Zanca, Special to U.S.
Figure Skating Online
2006 Cup of China Results and Photos
(11/11/06) -
Evan Lysacek averted a shutout for the United States
Saturday by winning the men's event as the last competitor
in the last event of the competition at Cup of China.
READ MORE...
Photo by Guang Niu, Getty Images Sport |
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Evan Lysacek Wins Skate America Silver Medal
by Laura Fawcett
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Evan Lysacek won Skate
America silver.
Photo by Paul Harvath |
2006 Skate
America News, Photos and Blogs
(10/27/06) - It may have been one of the
last times figure skating fans saw
Evan Lysacek's
“Carmen” free skate, but for those at the Hartford Civic Center Friday
night, it was one to remember.
“Carmen” is considered one of the most
overused pieces of music in skating, but Lysacek's version suits his
tall frame and accentuates the best aspects of his skating. When he is
on, his final straightline step sequence exhilarates the crowd and shows
why he is one of the world's most exciting skaters.
It was no different Friday during the
2006 Skate America men's free skate in Hartford, Conn. Just like his two
previous outings at the 2006 Olympic Winter Games and World
Championships, Lysacek nailed his final program by landing eight triple
jumps. He won the free skate with 150.74 points, although it still
wasn't enough to overcome Nobunari Oda's massive lead after the short
program.
Lysacek won the Skate America silver
medal for the second year in a row, but after a long summer of touring
and media appearances, he's pretty happy with the result.
“I feel good. I'm happy with my
conditioning at this point in the season,” said Lysacek. “I came in here
to do well, so it feels good to end it on a better note.”
Lysacek was not as quick to compare this
competition with his performances at the Olympics and Worlds. At both of
those events, he had more devastating short programs that landed him way
back in the field. His short program on Thursday contained only two
minor errors.
“It's not like coming from a disaster to
something great,” he said. “It's just a little bit of a shaky
performance [yesterday], and I got that out of my system.”
Since Skate America is the first Grand
Prix of the season, often the skating is not quite up to the level one
would see in January. But nobody told that to Lysacek, or for that
matter, to gold medalist Oda or bronze medalist Alban Preaubert of
France.
Oda opened the final flight with a
personal best 144.90 points, starting with a triple Axel-triple
toe-double loop combination that earned a whopping 14.80 points. He
followed that with six more triples (including a wonky triple Axel that
earned -2 GOEs) in his program to Tchaikovsky's “Symphony No. 4.”
“I didn't think I could do my personal
best. I am a little surprised now,” said Oda in his usual taciturn, but
smiling style.
Preaubert tried to steal the show from
everyone this weekend, enchanting the crowd Thursday with his “Buzzy
Bee” number, and then getting them clapping along to music from “Swing
Kids” and “The Mask.”
A relative unknown in the skating world,
his charm is undeniable, and his popularity may explode after tonight's
performance. He ticked off his triple jumps like they were nuisances
between his choreography and playful elements. After landing seven
triples, and with the crowd in the palm of his hand, Preaubert might
have gotten just a little too excited as he flopped on a final triple
Salchow.
“The program is not totally ready yet,
but it was not bad,” he said. “People like, I think. There was a lot of
noise [from the crowd]. For me, it's good to just make a mistake at the
end of the program, because I was tired since it's the beginning of the
season. It's promising.”
Scott Smith moved up two places
to finish sixth overall. Once again he was the only man to attempt a
quad, and his fall on that jump and an ensuing pop on his triple Axel
were costly errors. He landed seven triples.
“I hit two out of two quad Salchows on my
practice this afternoon, so I was feeling really good about [the quad],”
Smith said. “Then it just did not happen at all tonight. It was way
underrotated, and I fell. It was really not even an attempt I'm used
to.”
Fourth after the free skate,
Ryan Bradley
dropped four places after some jump problems early in the program.
Thinking through the program, Bradley
improvised and added double toes on two jumps late in the program when
he missed combinations early on.
“It was a little bit of a let down from
yesterday,” Bradley said. “Today I just let things rattle me early. I
really think I'm on the right track. Things at home have been going
really well. I just need to keep pushing it.”
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Lysacek Captures
the Bronze at World Championships
by Laura Fawcett
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Evan Lysacek
Photo by Michelle Harvath |
2006 World Championships News and Photos
(3/23/06) - Is
Evan Lysacek
the king of improbable comebacks?
After his free skate at the 2006 World
Championships, Lysacek talked about the stress of his season – the
pressure, the hip injury, the Torino flu. There wasn't any reason, he
said, to expect a follow-up performance to his stunning debut on the
World stage last year, where he finished third.
Yeah, sure, whatever.
“Last year was fun, and it was the new
kid in the block, and I came in and swept up the bronze like it was
nothing,” Lysacek said. “It was just fun. This year it was the complete
reverse of that. It was stress, it was a lot of pressure; I was way
nervous.
In a scenario reminiscent of the Olympic
Winter Games, Lysacek saved his best performance for last, but this time
the ending was different. Skating in the penultimate group, the reigning
U.S. silver medalist reeled off seven clean triples, including a quad
toe (two-footed)-triple toe combination, and gave “Carmen” all the
justice it deserved. He won the bronze medal behind gold medalist
Stephane Lambiel of Switzerland and silver medalist Brian Joubert of
France.
Lysacek was about 10 points behind the
leaders heading into the free skate, so there was no reason to think a
medal would be possible.
He was wrong.
One by one his competitors went down
without beating his score.
Japan's Nobunari Oda, flawless all week,
may have let the pressure get to him in the free skate. Oda's program,
while strong, couldn't match up to Lysacek technically, and the American
stayed in the lead.
Joubert was another story. In every
aspect he was magnificent, landing two quads and six triples to take a
commanding lead over Lysacek. For the remaining competitors, the
Frenchman's personal best score of 156.47 looked impossible to beat.
For his part, Joubert reiterated the
difficulty of the year, talking about the toll the French media took on
him after his sixth-place Olympic finish. Two days after returning,
however, he switched back to “The Matrix” for his free skate and
everything changed.
“Within two days, my jumps were perfect,
my short program was better, too,” he said. “If I'd have known that I
could skate ‘The Matrix' like I did tonight, I should have returned to
it sooner.”
So Joubert was planted in first place,
and there were four more skaters who could overtake Lysacek.
The Canadian crowd went absolutely
berserk for Jeff Buttle, but after opening with a textbook triple
flip-triple toe combination, his elements went downhill. He popped two
triple Axels but had level four spins, and his program components marks
surpassed Lysacek's. Butttle's technical score was no match for
Lysacek's, so it was down to three skaters.
Canada's Emanuel Sandhu started off
strong with a quad toe and a double toe, but little bobbles on jumps
throughout the program hurt his technical mark. H also received a level
two on his circular footwork and level one on a camel spin. His segment
score of 142.53 was seven behind Lysacek, and suddenly with only
Johnny Weir
and Stephane Lambiel left to skate, an American was guaranteed a medal.
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The 2006 World men's medalists -
Brian Joubert, Stephane Lambiel, Evan Lysacek
Photo by Paul Harvath |
Weir was almost two points ahead of
Lysacek after the short program, but the three-time U.S. champion took a
nasty fall in the warm-up that aggravated the back problems he has been
suffering.
Although Weir told reporters later it was
“just hell getting on the ice” due to the pain, it wasn't obvious in the
opening moments of his program. He nailed his triple Axel-triple toe
combination and rotated the quad but two-footed the landed. His
following jumps were just a little off his usually consistency, and then
late in the program he fell hard on a triple flip. Clearly in pain, Weir
got up and finished the program.
“I needed to keep going,” he said when
asked whether he felt like ending his program after the fall. “I'm not
happy at all. I haven't really wanted to be here all week, but I'm here
and I tried. That's all I can to do.”
Weir's score in the segment was 128.66,
which would eventually leave him in seventh place overall.
With only Lambiel left, Lysacek was
guaranteed a medal. Lambiel matched Joubert in technical ability and
expression, landing two quads, including one in combination, and five
triple jumps. He barely beat Joubert in the free skate, 156.68-156.47,
but that along with his short program lead gave Lambiel his second
straight World title.
“I'm so happy with this title,” Lambiel
said. “I made the decision to come here 10 days ago. It was very
important for me to come here because the 2010 Olympic Winter Games will
be in Vancouver. So I wanted to skate here in Canada.”
With Lambiel winning gold and Joubert
silver, it was the second straight bronze medal for Lysacek at Worlds.
After learning about the medal, Lysacek had a chance to reflect on his
season and love of skating.
"When you love what you're doing that
much it's hard not to enjoy it. And sometimes I forget that, because I
get wrapped up in placement and doing triple Axels and quads and
whatever. I enjoy what I'm doing and that's first and foremost. It's
days like these when I can relax a little bit and take a baby step back
from it all and say it was worth it to just let go and enjoy it."
Matt Savoie ended up 11th
place, marking his highest placement ever at a World Championships. He
had one fall on a triple Axel and stepped out of a triple Lutz, as well
as doubling some planned triples. In all he was pleased with his
performance, and he received high program component scores.
“The season was a great one for me,”
Savoie said. “I definitely got the chance to compete a lot more than I
anticipated. I had some good performances at some key times – probably
the best of my career. Even though tonight wasn't the best I've ever
done, internationally it's actually the second best long I've competed.”
Savoie will not be competing next year
when he begins Cornell Law School, but he emphasized he is not
officially retiring.
With the combination of Lysacek and
Weir's placements, the United States will again have three men at next
year's World Championships.
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Detailed Results - Free Skate
| Pl. |
Name |
Nation |
TSS
= |
TES
+ |
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PCS
+ |
SS |
TR |
PE |
CH |
IN |
Deduction
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StN. |
| 1 |
PLUSHENKO Evgeni |
RUS |
167.67 |
85.25 |
|
82.42 |
8.46 |
7.75 |
8.39 |
8.18 |
8.43 |
0.00 |
#19 |
| 2 |
BUTTLE Jeffrey |
CAN |
154.30 |
76.80 |
|
78.50 |
7.79 |
7.75 |
7.82 |
7.89 |
8.00 |
1.00 |
#22 |
|
3 |
LYSACEK Evan |
USA |
152.58 |
78.24 |
|
74.34 |
7.50 |
7.14 |
7.50 |
7.46 |
7.57 |
0.00 |
#13 |
| 4 |
LAMBIEL Stephane |
SUI |
152.17 |
76.89 |
|
76.28 |
7.75 |
7.39 |
7.54 |
7.64 |
7.82 |
1.00 |
#20 |
| 5 |
SAVOIE Matthew |
USA |
137.52 |
65.80 |
|
71.72 |
7.25 |
7.00 |
7.11 |
7.21 |
7.29 |
0.00 |
#14 |
| 6 |
WEIR Johnny |
USA |
136.63 |
61.27 |
|
75.36 |
7.75 |
7.25 |
7.50 |
7.57 |
7.61 |
0.00 |
#21 |
| 7 |
JOUBERT Brian |
FRA |
135.12 |
62.54 |
|
73.58 |
7.54 |
7.11 |
7.32 |
7.36 |
7.46 |
1.00 |
#23 |
| 8 |
VAN DER PERREN Kevin
|
BEL |
132.03 |
66.01 |
|
66.02 |
6.75 |
6.36 |
6.68 |
6.54 |
6.68 |
0.00 |
#10 |
| 9 |
TAKAHASHI Daisuke |
JPN |
131.12 |
58.82 |
|
73.30 |
7.54 |
7.14 |
7.25 |
7.36 |
7.36 |
1.00 |
#24 |
| 10 |
KLIMKIN Ilia |
RUS |
130.19 |
65.97 |
|
65.22 |
6.75 |
6.29 |
6.50 |
6.57 |
6.50 |
1.00 |
#7 |
| 11 |
ZHANG Min |
CHN |
128.88 |
65.16 |
|
63.72 |
6.75 |
6.00 |
6.36 |
6.39 |
6.36 |
0.00 |
#17 |
| 12 |
SAWYER Shawn |
CAN |
123.63 |
55.13 |
|
68.50 |
6.89 |
6.71 |
6.86 |
6.86 |
6.93 |
0.00 |
#18 |
| 13 |
LI Chengjiang |
CHN |
121.98 |
66.04 |
|
56.94 |
6.25 |
5.39 |
5.68 |
5.54 |
5.61 |
1.00 |
#3 |
| 14 |
SANDHU Emanuel |
CAN |
120.49 |
52.27 |
|
70.22 |
7.21 |
6.86 |
6.82 |
7.11 |
7.11 |
2.00 |
#16 |
| 15 |
VERNER Tomas |
CZE |
120.36 |
63.14 |
|
57.22 |
5.96 |
5.50 |
5.68 |
5.68 |
5.79 |
0.00 |
#1 |
| 16 |
DAVYDOV Sergei |
BLR |
119.94 |
59.00 |
|
60.94 |
6.36 |
5.68 |
6.11 |
6.18 |
6.14 |
0.00 |
#9 |
| 17 |
CHIPER Gheorghe |
ROM |
118.53 |
54.23 |
|
64.30 |
6.61 |
6.25 |
6.36 |
6.43 |
6.50 |
0.00 |
#15 |
| 18 |
DINEV Ivan |
BUL |
116.47 |
57.97 |
|
58.50 |
6.14 |
5.57 |
5.79 |
5.86 |
5.89 |
0.00 |
#12 |
| 19 |
DAMBIER Frederic |
FRA |
116.42 |
55.92 |
|
62.50 |
6.39 |
6.11 |
6.07 |
6.36 |
6.32 |
2.00 |
#6 |
| 20 |
LINDEMANN Stefan |
GER |
112.05 |
51.05 |
|
62.00 |
6.43 |
5.96 |
6.11 |
6.25 |
6.25 |
1.00 |
#2 |
| 21 |
KOVALEVSKI Anton |
UKR |
109.43 |
53.93 |
|
57.50 |
6.00 |
5.57 |
5.61 |
5.82 |
5.75 |
2.00 |
#11 |
| 22 |
BERNTSSON Kristoffer
|
SWE |
102.40 |
48.32 |
|
56.08 |
5.75 |
5.50 |
5.50 |
5.68 |
5.61 |
2.00 |
#4 |
| 23 |
PFEIFER Viktor |
AUT |
101.70 |
45.26 |
|
57.44 |
5.79 |
5.57 |
5.75 |
5.79 |
5.82 |
1.00 |
#8 |
| 24 |
TOTH Zoltan |
HUN |
90.40 |
42.20 |
|
50.20 |
5.14 |
4.89 |
4.96 |
5.04 |
5.07 |
2.00 |
#5 |
Panel of Judges
| Function |
Name |
Nat. |
| Referee |
ZONNEKEYN Rita |
ISU |
| Technical Controller |
BIANCHETTI Fabio |
ISU |
| Technical Specialist |
KAMBERSKA Katerina |
ISU |
| Assistant Technical Specialist |
PETRENKO Viktor |
ISU |
| |
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| Judge No.1 |
AMAKO Kenji |
ISU |
| Judge No.2 |
SCHULZ Hermann |
ISU |
| Judge No.3 |
JONSSON Mona |
ISU |
| Judge No.4 |
IBENS Patrick |
ISU |
| Judge No.5 |
PENCHEV Alexander |
ISU |
| Judge No.6 |
LOCATELLI Raffaella |
ISU |
| Judge No.7 |
JIANG Yibing |
ISU |
| Judge No.8 |
BELLU Nicolae |
ISU |
| Judge No.9 |
SHIRSHOV Alexei |
ISU |
| Judge No.10 |
MERIGUET Philippe |
ISU |
| Judge No.11 |
WINKLER Steve |
ISU |
| Judge No.12 |
THOMPSON William |
ISU |
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2006 Olympic Winter Games
Men
Short Program Results
| FPl. |
Name |
Nat. |
Points |
SP |
| 1 |
PLUSHENKO Evgeni |
RUS |
90.66 |
1 |
| 2 |
WEIR Johnny |
USA |
80.00 |
2 |
| 3 |
LAMBIEL Stephane |
SUI |
79.04 |
3 |
| 4 |
JOUBERT Brian |
FRA |
77.77 |
4 |
| 5 |
TAKAHASHI Daisuke |
JPN |
73.77 |
5 |
| 6 |
BUTTLE Jeffrey |
CAN |
73.29 |
6 |
| 7 |
SANDHU Emanuel |
CAN |
69.75 |
7 |
| 8 |
SAVOIE Matthew |
USA |
69.15 |
8 |
| 9 |
CHIPER Gheorghe |
ROM |
67.66 |
9 |
| 10 |
LYSACEK Evan |
USA |
67.55 |
10 |
| 11 |
ZHANG Min |
CHN |
67.39 |
11 |
| 12 |
SAWYER Shawn |
CAN |
67.20 |
12 |
| 13 |
VAN DER PERREN Kevin |
BEL |
65.36 |
13 |
| 14 |
DAVYDOV Sergei |
BLR |
64.65 |
14 |
| 15 |
DINEV Ivan |
BUL |
63.64 |
15 |
| 16 |
KOVALEVSKI Anton |
UKR |
63.41 |
16 |
| 17 |
PFEIFER Viktor |
AUT |
62.17 |
17 |
| 18 |
KLIMKIN Ilia |
RUS |
61.61 |
18 |
| 19 |
DAMBIER Frederic |
FRA |
61.17 |
19 |
| 20 |
LINDEMANN Stefan |
GER |
60.52 |
20 |
| 21 |
LI Chengjiang |
CHN |
60.23 |
21 |
| 22 |
VERNER Tomas |
CZE |
59.71 |
22 |
| 23 |
BERNTSSON Kristoffer |
SWE |
59.55 |
23 |
| 24 |
TOTH Zoltan |
HUN |
55.07 |
24 |
| 25 |
ZELENKA Karel |
ITA |
FNR |
25 |
| 26 |
ZIVANOVIC Trifun |
SCG |
FNR |
26 |
| 27 |
OTHMAN Jamal |
SUI |
FNR |
27 |
| 28 |
MURVANIDZE Vakhtang |
GEO |
FNR |
28 |
| 29 |
URBAS Gregor |
SLO |
FNR |
29 |
| 30 |
HAN Jong In |
PRK |
FNR |
30 |
Result Details
| Pl. |
Name |
Nation |
TSS
= |
TES
+ |
|
PCS
+ |
SS |
TR |
PE |
CH |
IN |
Deduction
- |
StN. |
| 1 |
PLUSHENKO Evgeni |
RUS |
90.66 |
49.69 |
|
40.97 |
8.29 |
7.82 |
8.29 |
8.25 |
8.32 |
0.00 |
#2 |
| 2 |
WEIR Johnny |
USA |
80.00 |
40.99 |
|
39.01 |
7.86 |
7.64 |
7.79 |
7.79 |
7.93 |
0.00 |
#13 |
| 3 |
LAMBIEL Stephane |
SUI |
79.04 |
40.61 |
|
38.43 |
7.79 |
7.50 |
7.68 |
7.64 |
7.82 |
0.00 |
#11 |
| 4 |
JOUBERT Brian |
FRA |
77.77 |
40.59 |
|
37.18 |
7.57 |
7.11 |
7.57 |
7.36 |
7.57 |
0.00 |
#23 |
| 5 |
TAKAHASHI Daisuke |
JPN |
73.77 |
38.45 |
|
35.32 |
7.21 |
6.86 |
7.04 |
7.07 |
7.14 |
0.00 |
#1 |
| 6 |
BUTTLE Jeffrey |
CAN |
73.29 |
37.01 |
|
37.28 |
7.46 |
7.39 |
7.36 |
7.46 |
7.61 |
1.00 |
#5 |
| 7 |
SANDHU Emanuel |
CAN |
69.75 |
33.00 |
|
37.75 |
7.57 |
7.36 |
7.50 |
7.50 |
7.82 |
1.00 |
#30 |
| 8 |
SAVOIE Matthew |
USA |
69.15 |
35.22 |
|
33.93 |
6.89 |
6.68 |
6.79 |
6.75 |
6.82 |
0.00 |
#22 |
| 9 |
CHIPER Gheorghe |
ROM |
67.66 |
37.12 |
|
30.54 |
6.29 |
5.82 |
6.14 |
6.04 |
6.25 |
0.00 |
#8 |
| 10 |
LYSACEK Evan |
USA |
67.55 |
33.80 |
|
34.75 |
7.07 |
6.68 |
7.00 |
6.96 |
7.04 |
1.00 |
#26
|
| 11 |
ZHANG Min |
CHN |
67.39 |
36.29 |
|
31.10 |
6.50 |
5.93 |
6.21 |
6.21 |
6.25 |
0.00 |
#14 |
| 12 |
SAWYER Shawn |
CAN |
67.20 |
35.02 |
|
32.18 |
6.50 |
6.29 |
6.46 |
6.39 |
6.54 |
0.00 |
#3 |
| 13 |
VAN DER PERREN Kevin |
BEL |
65.36 |
33.50 |
|
32.86 |
6.61 |
6.36 |
6.68 |
6.50 |
6.71 |
1.00 |
#18 |
| 14 |
DAVYDOV Sergei |
BLR |
64.65 |
35.58 |
|
29.07 |
6.04 |
5.61 |
5.82 |
5.71 |
5.89 |
0.00 |
#15 |
| 15 |
DINEV Ivan |
BUL |
63.64 |
34.29 |
|
29.35 |
6.18 |
5.64 |
5.82 |
5.82 |
5.89 |
0.00 |
#6 |
| 16 |
KOVALEVSKI Anton |
UKR |
63.41 |
33.95 |
|
29.46 |
6.07 |
5.64 |
5.93 |
5.86 |
5.96 |
0.00 |
#21 |
| 17 |
PFEIFER Viktor |
AUT |
62.17 |
34.28 |
|
27.89 |
5.71 |
5.43 |
5.61 |
5.50 |
5.64 |
0.00 |
#10 |
| 18 |
KLIMKIN Ilia |
RUS |
61.61 |
29.90 |
|
31.71 |
6.57 |
6.21 |
6.29 |
6.32 |
6.32 |
0.00 |
#27 |
| 19 |
DAMBIER Frederic |
FRA |
61.17 |
30.48 |
|
31.69 |
6.54 |
6.11 |
6.29 |
6.32 |
6.43 |
1.00 |
#9 |
| 20 |
LINDEMANN Stefan |
GER |
60.52 |
27.94 |
|
32.58 |
6.68 |
6.36 |
6.43 |
6.57 |
6.54 |
0.00 |
#19 |
| 21 |
LI Chengjiang |
CHN |
60.23 |
30.55 |
|
30.68 |
6.46 |
6.00 |
6.04 |
6.14 |
6.04 |
1.00 |
#4 |
| 22 |
VERNER Tomas |
CZE |
59.71 |
30.25 |
|
29.46 |
6.04 |
5.64 |
5.89 |
5.89 |
6.00 |
0.00 |
#16 |
| 23 |
BERNTSSON Kristoffer |
SWE |
59.55 |
31.34 |
|
28.21 |
5.89 |
5.43 |
5.57 |
5.61 |
5.71 |
0.00 |
#7 |
| 24 |
TOTH Zoltan |
HUN |
55.07 |
29.67 |
|
25.40 |
5.29 |
4.86 |
5.07 |
5.00 |
5.18 |
0.00 |
#29 |
| 25 |
ZELENKA Karel |
ITA |
53.46 |
27.96 |
|
26.50 |
5.50 |
5.11 |
5.32 |
5.25 |
5.32 |
1.00 |
#25 |
| 26 |
ZIVANOVIC Trifun |
SCG |
53.40 |
29.44 |
|
23.96 |
5.04 |
4.57 |
4.71 |
4.82 |
4.82 |
0.00 |
#12 |
| 27 |
OTHMAN Jamal |
SUI |
52.18 |
24.46 |
|
27.72 |
5.71 |
5.36 |
5.54 |
5.50 |
5.61 |
0.00 |
#17 |
| 28 |
MURVANIDZE Vakhtang |
GEO |
49.68 |
24.32 |
|
26.36 |
5.50 |
5.00 |
5.29 |
5.21 |
5.36 |
1.00 |
#20 |
| 29 |
URBAS Gregor |
SLO |
46.48 |
20.28 |
|
26.20 |
5.46 |
5.07 |
5.25 |
5.21 |
5.21 |
0.00 |
#28 |
| 30 |
HAN Jong In |
PRK |
42.11 |
19.50 |
|
22.61 |
4.75 |
4.29 |
4.57 |
4.50 |
4.50 |
0.00 |
#24 |
Panel of Officials
| Function |
Name |
Nat. |
| Referee |
ZONNEKEYN Rita |
ISU |
| Technical Controller |
BIANCHETTI Fabio |
ISU |
| Technical Specialist |
KAMBERSKA Katerina |
ISU |
| Assistant Technical Specialist |
PETRENKO Viktor |
ISU |
| |
|
|
| Judge No.1 |
AMAKO Kenji |
ISU |
| Judge No.2 |
SCHULZ Hermann |
ISU |
| Judge No.3 |
JONSSON Mona |
ISU |
| Judge No.4 |
IBENS Patrick |
ISU |
| Judge No.5 |
PENCHEV Alexander |
ISU |
| Judge No.6 |
LOCATELLI Raffaella |
ISU |
| Judge No.7 |
JIANG Yibing |
ISU |
| Judge No.8 |
BELLU Nicolae |
ISU |
| Judge No.9 |
SHIRSHOV Alexei |
ISU |
| Judge No.10 |
MERIGUET Philippe |
ISU |
| Judge No.11 |
WINKLER Steve |
ISU |
| Judge No.12 |
THOMPSON William |
ISU |
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U.S. Men's
Olympic Team Meets With the Press
by Laura Fawcett
2006
Olympic Winter Games Photos
(2/7/06) - The United States men's Olympic Figure
Skating Team met with the media for the first time in Torino Tuesday
morning, Feb. 7. It was a subdued and still jet-lagged trio that
filed into the La Mole press conference room in the Main Media
Center, as Johnny Weir,
Evan LYSACEK
and Matt Savoie arrived in the city late Sunday night...
... LYSACEK, the
reigning World bronze medalist, said it will be a “sensitive compromise”
between preparing for competition and reveling in the Olympic
atmosphere.
“You can only tell yourself so many times that it's just
another competition before you look up and see Olympic rings every two
feet,” he said...
READ MORE
Evan faces the media in Torino.
Matt Savoie, EVAN, & Johnny Weir meet the
press.
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U.S. OLYMPIC COMMITTEE ANNOUNCES NOMINEES FOR
2005 SPORTSMAN, SPORTSWOMAN AND TEAM OF THE YEAR
– FIGURE SKATING NOMINEES:
Evan
LYSACEK,
SASHA COHEN, TANITH BELBIN & BEN AGOSTO –
Colorado Springs, Colo. (Jan. 24, 2006) –
The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) announced yesterday the
nominees for its 2005 SportsMan, SportsWoman and Team of the Year
honors. Among those nominated are four U.S. figure skaters: 2005 World
bronze medalist
Evan
LYSACEK;
2005 World silver medalist Sasha Cohen; and 2005 World silver medalists
and U.S. ice dancing champions Tanith Belbin and Ben Agosto.
Each year
the USOC recognizes the top male and female athletes as well as the top
team as selected by their respective member organizations. The nominees
are the 2005 Athletes and Teams of the Year representing Olympic, Pan
American and Affiliated Sport Organizations within the U.S. Olympic
Movement. Members of the USOC Board of Directors along with
representatives of the national media participate in the voting.
Lysacek
began the year by winning the bronze medal at the 2005 State Farm U.S.
Figure Skating Championships, marking his first trip to the U.S. medal
stand on the senior level. He continued to peak as the winter went on,
winning his first title at the 2005 Four Continents Figure Skating
Championships before performing three solid programs in Moscow, where he
won the bronze medal at the 2005 World Figure Skating Championships in
his first appearance at the event. He finished the 2004-05 season with a
win at the Marshalls U.S. Figure Skating Challenge. Lysacek began the
2005-06 Grand Prix Series with similar success, placing second at his
two events: Smart Ones Skate America and the NHK Trophy. He qualified
for the Grand Prix Final in just his second year competing
internationally on the senior level but was forced to withdraw due to
injury.
Cohen won
the silver medal at the 2005 U.S. Championships, qualifying her for her
fourth World Championships. At Worlds she won the silver medal for the
second year in a row, making her the only singles medalist from 2004 to
make it back to the podium in 2005. Cohen began the 2005-06 season in
peak form, winning the Campbell’s International Figure Skating Classic
and placing second at Trophée Eric Bompard.
Belbin and
Agosto won their second U.S. ice dancing title in January 2005 and
followed it up with their second straight gold medal at the Four
Continents Championships. They went on to finish second at the World
Championships, the best finish by a U.S. ice dancing team in 30 years
and the first medal for a U.S. team in 20 years. In October, Belbin and
Agosto won the 2005 Nebelhorn Trophy and later in the month captured
their third consecutive Skate America title.
Honored by
the USOC for their accomplishments in 2005 are 34 males, 36 females and
25 teams. For the complete list please visit
www.usocpressbox.org.
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sport on all levels within the United States, including athletes,
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From the
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ATHLETE SPOTLIGHT: USA Figure Skater
Evan Lysacek
by Kelli McFarland
Evan Lysacek (Naperville, Ill.) proved that he is no longer the underdog
after a notable performance to the light-hearted Singing in the Rain at
the 2005 World Figure Skating Championships in Moscow, Russia.
Lysacek claimed the bronze medal in his first-ever appearance at the
event.
"To get a medal at Worlds the first time-not many people have done
that," said Lysacek. "I attribute a lot of that to my coaches who are
very experienced. I also attribute it to all the years I spent on the
junior circuit."
Get ready for something new and inventive from Lysacek in the upcoming
2005-06 season opener at the Campbell's International Figure Skating
Classic Oct. 8 in St. Paul, Minn. The 2005 U.S. men's bronze medalist
has been training to full capacity-determined to bring an unforgettable
routine to the ice.
Twelve years ago, Lysacek dreamt of hockey stardom. He began ice skating
lessons with his sister soon after receiving skates at Christmas from
his grandmother.
"I thought, I'll breeze through this, and then go try out for hockey. Of
course they'll want me on the team," Lysacek said with a laugh.
A coach took notice of Lysacek's movement on the ice and later offered
to give him private lessons in figure skating. Twelve months later,
Lysacek collected his first national title at the juvenile level.
Success continued to be on the side of this promising American skater.
Lysacek won the silver at the 2001, 2002 and 2003 World Junior
Championships. Jumping between the junior and senior levels, Lysacek's
hard work earned him titles at the Junior Grand Prix (JGP) France, JGP
Canada and the JGP Final in 2003-04. Competing at the senior level in
the same season, he placed fifth at the U.S. National Championships.
"It was an awesome learning experience on the junior circuit," said
Lysacek. "You're still getting to know yourself and building your
self-esteem. It's a great experience to get to do that on a smaller
stage-to be able to make some mistakes."
It was Lysacek's 2004-05 season that caught the attention of spectators
and judges alike. In addition to a bronze-medal performance at Worlds,
Lysacek took third at the U.S. National Championships, first at the Four
Continents Championships and claimed the title at the Marshalls'
Challenge.
He makes it look so easy.
Lysacek has competed around several major injuries that still haunt him
today. In March of 2004, he suffered a break in his left hip socket that
eventually caused a stress fracture in the hip itself as it began
healing incorrectly. The injury left Lysacek with only two weeks to get
ready for the 2004-05 season.
"Mentally, it was a real test for me-to see if I could pull together in
two weeks," Lysacek said. "I convinced my coaches and parents that I
wanted to do it. The injury is still a big part of my life and something
that I think about every day. It has made me a lot stronger and realize
my love for skating and what I do."
Lysacek is currently ranked third in the World-the highest-seeded
American going into the 2005-06 figure skating season. The motivation to
secure a spot on the 2006 U.S. Olympic Team is what keeps Lysacek
searching for ways to set himself apart from the competition.
"I've been working hard this year to come up with new and exciting stuff
to ensure that I make the team," said Lysacek. "It has been a dream of
mine for so many years."
With enhanced spins and footwork, two new combination jumps and a
high-energy performance to the Grease soundtrack, the audience and
judges are guaranteed an unforgettable show.
"It's really different than anything that's been done before," Lysacek
said. "The choreography is really fun, but very difficult. It's the most
grueling program I've ever had. I've been working so hard to build up
the stamina to execute this program. I hope the audience and the judges
really appreciate it."
Lysacek is not your standard 20-year-old. He took a break from school to
train under successful coaching duo Frank Carroll and Ken Congemi in El
Segundo, Calif.
"I have zero free time," said Lysacek. "I run from the gym to the rink,
back to the gym, to therapy, to ballet, to the costume maker, then to
the music guy. I wish I had time for college, because I miss that aspect
of my life. But this is an Olympic year, and I want to know that I gave
it all my attention."
This Olympic hopeful doesn't let the public's attention sway his
training habits or state-of-mind. Coming off such a successful season
last year, Lysacek got a taste of fame and made several appearances in
television spots and participated in interviews with newspapers and
magazines.
"I worked hard every day and kept in mind what I wanted and what my
goals were," said Lysacek. "I did my best not to think about Worlds and
not to think about the attention that was on me at that point. I'm
wiping the slate clean-it's a fresh new start for me. I'm going to have
to prove myself all over again."
Lysacek heads into the 2005-06 figure skating season with one thing on
his mind-the 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Torino, Italy.
"This year is an opportunity to achieve something that I've been working
toward the last decade," Lysacek said. "All I can do is my best."
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