Evan Lysacek is coached by the formidable Frank Carroll, and the authority shows in every step. Competing at the senior level since 2003, except for Plushenko’s re-entry into competition Lysacek would have been the grand old man of th Vancouver 2010 event. Lysacek owns a graceful, expansive style which translates into technical prowess at his [...]
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Johnny Weir has set a maverick edge to his performing style, possibly to counteract his plain-wrap appeal next to American fellow front-runners handsome Evan Lysacek and straight-arrow Jeremy Abbott. Weir’s current style lands him squarely between Bohemian and eclectic, manageable as long as he he completes all his technical requirements and earns every artistic point [...]
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Abbott is one of a strong troika of distinctive American skaters each bringing their talents to Vancouver 2010. A career best for Abbott thus far has been the defense of his national title. His complex career has been a navigation through global level senior meets despite back injuries and revolved around Johnny Weir and Evan [...]
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Brian Joubert has dazzled even his critics with occasionally spine tingling athletic brilliance matched with artistic conceptions well inside the legendary scope of virtuosity in artistic figure skating. Joubert has handled many European meets capably and emerged as the one to beat in a axis of European recovery after many years of dominance over the [...]
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Russian has its bear to beat in this year’s Olympic Games for men’s figure skating. Evgeny Plushenko is in a class all by himself, having created a stir with his gold medal Olympic battle for men’s figure skating with his rivalry with fellow Russian countryman Victor Potrenko. The lithe, agile skater challenged Plushenko for the [...]
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