Olympic LOVE: Part 2
Sun 21 Feb 2010 at 6:46 am ♥ Filed under Misc
SIMON AMMANN, why are you so awesome. :’)
He’s definitely my favorite athlete of the Games. Why? Because this mf sweeped both ski jumping events with the gold, and now he has the record number of medals for any ski jumper. He did the same exact thing in Salt Lake, and I’m so glad that he’s in top form for these Olympic Games. In the Large Hill event (which was today), he got the best jumps in both rounds and he was over 14 points ahead of Adam Malysz, the silver medalist. If that isn’t a testament to how great he is, then I don’t know what is! What an amazing, amazing comeback.*
Can I just say, I freaking LOVE these Olympic Games. A lot of my favourite athletes (Ammann, Kramer, Bilodeau, Kearney, Shen & Zhao, etc.) have been doing so well this time around. My friends and I have been watching the games every single day; we’ll bring our homework and food to the lounge so we can cheer and shout at the TV screen and er, attempt to multitask.
Some thoughts on the men’s free-skate:
- So glad Lysacek won the gold. I love a determined, hardworking athlete, and he’s really deserving of the medal. My heart broke when Takahashi fell in the beginning of his free skate and Oda Nobunari had the bizarre incident with his laces. I’m glad that Takahashi still got a place on the podium, especially since it was his last Olympics. Despite the fact that I’m generally happy with the way the results turned out, the judging on figure skating continues to baffle me (they totally underscored Johnny Weir).
- Speaking of, I was completely turned off by Plushenko. His free skate was quite sloppy, and I’ll be damned to hell if I ever see another pelvic thrust from him. Not only that, the real kicker for me was his sour attitude after he got the silver. A quad does not a gold medal make, especially if you fall or get a wobbly landing. Evan still had the better program, and Plushenko needs to stop calling the wahmbulance. Nobody likes a sore loser.
Anyway, I can’t wait for the 1500m speed skating (GO SVEN!) tonight.
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* — Yes, I’m a huge ski-jumping fan. I wish it got more coverage in the US, because those leaps are AMAZING. Is anybody else a fan?
I agree with you on all points about the men’s figure skating. I wanted Lyascek to win so much and I’m ecstatic that he did. I’m even happier that he won after seeing Plushenko’s reaction to the win – talk about being a sore “loser” (if you can call getting a silver medal a loser!)
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I’m so glad Lycacek won! I usually don’t go for Americans, but I really loved him, and he definitely deserved it. And, wow, Amman is INSANE (in a good way).
I don’t love these Games as much as you do, because our athletes aren’t doing so well. Own the Podium predicted 30 medals; we’re probably not even going to break 20. We’ve missed a lot of good chances for medals.
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