Posted on Feb 19th, 2010 by Allison (Whatever)

First, big congratulations to American Evan Lysacek for winning the Olympic Gold Medal in mens figure skating. His skating was beautiful and the medal was well deserved.

jw1However, Johnny Weir was robbed.

Although not as technically advanced as Evan or Plushenko, Johnny’s performance was by far my favorite of the evening.

It was nearly flawless – and was the most artistic and moving of any of the skaters. His music choice was perfect. His costume was beautiful.

His program was personal – titled “Fallen Angel” to represent his personal journey through skating.

I was simply appalled at the low marks he received both for his short program (watch here) and for his even more amazing free skate tonight (hopefully video will be posted soon). I think he deserved the bronze medal.

I have to wonder how much the judges let his his outrageous personality (I love that he is always ‘himself’ – including wearing a hat of red roses while awaiting his marks) factored into their scoring.

Did you watch men’s figure skating? What were your favorite performances?  And what did you think of the results?

While you’re considering your answer, here are a few fun Johnny Weir facts:

  • He’s kind of a big fan of Russia. And “kind of” is a colossal understatement.
  • Watching Oksana Baiul in the 1994 Olympics inspired him to try figure skating. (He found Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan “terribly boring.”)
  • He started skating on a cornfield.
  • He landed an axel in his first skating lesson (a jump that typically takes skaters a few years to master).
  • He designs many of his own costumes – and wants to launch a career in fashion.
  • He’d also like to try his hand at politics as an ambassador to South Korea or Russia.
  • He brought a poster of Lady Gaga with him to the Olympic Village so that she “could watch over us”. LOL.
  • He also brought along pink bathmats.
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Jennifer Pearce on February 19th, 2010 at 6:18 am

Due to Olympic broadcasting regulations, NBC is only allowed to show Olympic competition video on the internet to users in the United States and U.S. Territories (including Puerto Rico).

So, I guess I can’t watch the video yet. 🙁

I enjoyed reading your post though. Johnny sounds like a very fun and artistic guy! Thanks for sharing. 🙂


Ashley Rae on February 19th, 2010 at 9:03 am

I thought he DEFINITELY deserved better marks than he received. He was very entertaining to watch- he is an extremely skilled skater. It’s too bad he didn’t get a higher score… he should have.


Kristin on February 19th, 2010 at 10:58 am

I was so disappointed to see his score after watching his performance. It was by far the most beautiful and most moving of the evening and I do believe he should have had the bronze. I was glad to hear the reactions from the commentators who also agreed that he was scored much lower than he should have been.

I am happy for him that he did complete such a beautiful performance – he should be very proud. I just wish he’d been rewarded by the judgesfor his efforts.


irene on February 19th, 2010 at 1:14 pm

ditto


Allison on February 19th, 2010 at 6:40 pm

Brandon & Jennifer – this isn’t the Olympic performance, but this is Johnny skating the same short program at Nationals.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJ4atQjCSHI


Allison on February 19th, 2010 at 6:46 pm

And this is the long program (which was so moving last night) as skated at a 2009 competition in Russia…. really beautiful.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dlx9N_bl9J8


Paul on February 20th, 2010 at 9:44 am

Craig and I aren’t watching this year. I was so disgusted with the media showing the luge kid die, over and over, it soured me on the whole
thing.


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