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SOCHI: Olympic favourite Patrick Chan said on Tuesday he was relishing renewing his rivalry with Russian superstar Yevgeny Plushenko as the Canadian found his feet on the ice of Sochi.
Three-time world champion Chan arrived last Friday and has had the ice of the Iceberg Skating Palace to himself as he fine-tunes his bid for Canada's first men's Olympic figure skating gold.
Plushenko, who only got the nod to join the Russian team two weeks ago, arrived in Sochi on Tuesday as the 2006 Olympic champion, aged 31, bids for a medal at a fourth consecutive Games.
"Plushenko's the talk of the town and it's exciting and drama-filled," said 23-year-old Chan of his rival who was picked to compete despite not being the national champion.
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/sport/olympics-chan-takes-to/979148.html
For those of you who are figure-skating impaired, the d-bag is Plushenko, not Chan.
DinahMoeHum
(21,737 posts)Guy's got the charisma of a dump truck.
Hope he crashes big time.
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)TexasTowelie
(111,304 posts)then we can look forward to the encore exhibition performance of
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)TexasTowelie
(111,304 posts)He just skated extremely well in the short program in the team event.
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)Now the mass slaughter of dogs there...fuck the whole thing.
But check out @SochiProblems on Twitter - so funny.
TexasTowelie
(111,304 posts)Plushenko pulled out with a back injury after the warm-up and retired!
DinahMoeHum
(21,737 posts). . .There's a B-I-G flapdoodle within the Russian sports delegation over "Zhenya"'s selection to the team, to the exclusion of a younger up-and-coming skater, 18-year-old Maxim Kovtun:
Enjoy!
http://espn.go.com/olympics/winter/2014/figureskating/story/_/id/10454840/2014-sochi-olympics-evgeni-plushenko-withdrawal-draws-russian-backlash
PotatoChip
(3,186 posts)I know next to nothing about him other than this performance. And even in this instance, I just happened upon it while flipping channels when it happened live... About a month or two ago.
I suppose I could google, but in a way I think it'll be more interesting if I don't. He just seems so humble, and thankful for the crowd's applause. I like that!
I admit that I am a sucker for Celtic tunes, but that was only part of it. I also liked how the announcers seemed to start out w/little expectations and the crowd seemed to be only mildly paying attention. Until, wow!
I hope he does as well in Sochi!
ScreamingMeemie
(68,918 posts)In the team event. USA would be better off right now. Jeremy choked.
Also, would you believe that performance was only a little over 3 weeks ago?
DinahMoeHum
(21,737 posts)PotatoChip
(3,186 posts)would Jason Brown not have been able to skate had Abbot done ok?
I'm kind of embarrassed to admit this, but I'm not at all up on how Olympic rules work. All I knew was that Jason Brown was going to Sochi.
Beyond that however, I'm clueless when it comes to this sort of thing.
DinahMoeHum
(21,737 posts)This team competition thing is in the finals (ie. medals) phase right now, and I'm sure that Brown would still have been the choice for the men's singles phase final, given Abbott's track record in international competitions over the years (in a word: putrid)
Yeah, it's a cliche, but in these sort of competitions "you only get one chance to dance".
ScreamingMeemie
(68,918 posts)The team captain for the US (Charlie White) has the option to make two changes after the short program. He switched out Abbot with Brown.