Yevgeni Plushenko was the first skater out in the short program, and his performance was outstanding, scoring 90.85, 0.66 points higher than his short program in Torino. The big difference can be seen by Johnny Weir. Weir was second in the Torino short program, and scored 2.1 points higher than four yers ago. The difference is that he is sixth this year, not second. Evan Lysacek and Daisuke Takahashi are both within 0.6 points of Plushenko.
However, what makes Plushenko most vulnerable are his scores for program components, which were only sixth best, behind Labiel, Lysacek, Patrick Chan, Takahashi and 11th-place Frenchman Florent Amodio. Judges have taken notice of his deficiencies in his connections and footwork. Plushenko must jump all over Vancouver to keep the gold medal out of the hands of Lysacek and Takahashi.
Oh, by the way, Plushenko is trying to become the first skater since Brian Boitano to win a gold medal with a mullet.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment