VANCOUVER, B.C. U.S. figure skater Evan Lysacek presently wanted to enjoy the Olympic gold medal he never expected but always wanted hours after his distress victory over Russian Evgeni Plushenko in the Olympic men's figure skating competition Thursday.
Instead, Lysacek spent Friday lasting attacks on the authority of his title from Russians and others disappoint both with his strategic approach and the judges verdict to give him a narrow victory over the 2006 gold medal winner.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sent Plushenko, who claimed the silver medal, a telegram telling him his "silver was as good as gold" and he "performed the most proficient program on the Vancouver ice." Russian commentators decried the result, and two-time Olympic silver medal winner Elvis Stojko said in a column for Yahoo that Lysacek's skate wasn't "Olympic champion material" and "the judges made a mockery" of the event by rewarding Lysacek.
For more details refer to the http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/19/AR2010021905132.html
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment