2007 US Nationals Figure Skating Championships

US National Championships 2007

Johnny Weir VS Evan Lysacek

Evan Lysacek won and took his first national title and Johnny Weir placed at third .

My husband and I've been sick since we saw this men's skating free program in Jan 27.

It was like a nightmare.

We really got heartbroken when we saw Johnny just broke down crying and didn't stop sobbing at Kiss & Cry area.

I couldn't sleep and eat much and lost some weight.

Now my weight is 107lb.

Because this was not normal competition.

All the media supported Evan and they wanted Evan to win.

Before the event, the media advertised only Evan's pictures and posters everywhere. and in their fluff, they showed Evan and Johnny's rival comments but always Evan first and Johnny second even though Johnny is the three time national champion.

Why are they doing like that ?

There are several other weird things out there.

They were often showing beautiful ice dancing skater Tanith Belbin while Evan was skating to show they are couple and that Evan is straight and not gay.

Seems like in the U.S.A., image of men's figure skating and ballet dancers is just feminine and many people think most of them are gay people.

That's weird for me.

I'm a free spirit person, so I don't really care who is gay or not. It's free to being self. In Japan , no one think about it.

Johnny got silly interview during the last winter Olympics and was asked directly " Are you gay ? "

He rejected the answer because it's not related to his skating and he thought it's not nessesary to answer.

He is a beautiful artistic imaginative, incredibly gracious and classy skater who really love Russian style unlike any other US men's skaters.

Everything Johnny did got big impact , his style of skating, costume, talking, acting and image. and he has been getting so many criticisms and hate mails since the Olympics.

Johnny is a free spirit person.

I think media wants to change the image of men's figure skating .

It was all trick and they were planning to kick Johnny out from there.

They tried to unfocus Johnny's mind-set which is the most important point for all the skaters to compete.

In Short program, Johnny received his score 78.14.

Short program

1. Evan Lysacek 78.99 42.49 36.50 7.32 7.04 7.57 7.18 7.39 0.00
2. Johnny Weir 78.14 42.18 35.96 7.39 7.00 7.29 7.07 7.21 0.00

Johnny Weir landed all the jumps perfectly.

But he was deducted on of his jumps 3F 0.57 - from GOE .

Free program

1. Evan Lysacek 169.89 91.13 78.76 7.96 7.50 8.32 7.64 7.96 0.00

2. Ryan Bradley 145.63 74.05 71.58 7.04 6.68 7.50 7.07 7.50 0.00

3. Johnny Weir 135.06 62.00 74.06 7.79 7.25 7.14 7.39 7.46 1.00

Total

1. Evan Lysacek 248.88

2. Ryan Bradley 219.21

3. Johnny Weir 213.20

Evan's score was really over-marked IMO.

Johnny skated right after Evan at Free program and Evan performed 4-3 combination jumps perfectly by miracle and did eight triple jumps including combination jumps and got incredible technical score 91.13.

I thought Evan's scores were over-marked.

While Evan was skating, I don't know why but Johnny was watching his whole perfomance. and audience started throwing flowers and teddy bears on the ice with huge excitement for Evan's performance.

Johnny could not get concentration which he usually took a moment just for him and went into his own world.

Because of the noise , and also they announced Evan's ridiculously high TES and Johnny couldn't avoid to listen to it.

Since he heard Evan's crazy high score from the anouncement, he lost his mind-set.

He was thinking " What did he ( Evan ) do ? " and couldn't focus on to the program.

However, I thought Johnny did really great job !

He did 4T ( quad toe jump ) and landed beautifully even though it was two footed.

His fist 3-3 combination jump became only 3 Axel and couldn't do the combination. and 3A became single, and fall from 3L.

But his total art was wonderful, really impressive, and his true expression was very natural not fake.

He really polished the program. Also his last part of footwork was awesome.

If Evan's PCS score is 78.76, Johnny' s PCS should scored 85.

In such a difficult situation, he really did great job.

Honestly, I don't think Evan is a better skater than Johnny and can not compare because Evan is not at Johnny's level.

I couldn't believe his PCS scores were higher than Johnny.

The judges seem to love over-acting, energetic skating whether the art was good or not, expression looked fake or real.

I agreed with Plushenko and Takahashi's energetic skating got high scores from PCS because they both have great art , but why Evan was higher than Johnny ?????

Without quad and without using his old program Carmen , I don't think Evan could beat Johnny.

To beat Johnny Evan needed quad and more passion which Judges love.

Beside , he had more training time than you this season because he is using old program for his free program.

I can understand Yagudin and Plushenko were a good rival, both are same very high level.

But I don't understand why Johnny think he and Evan are rival.

Maybe same countries competitors are easier to be rival. Because of Media.

I thought Johnny is always look up to Plushenko because he is the top skater right now even though in my mind Johnny is always the best.

But since this season, he sounded he was always be ware to watch Evan.

Why ???

Johnny can beat everyone if he try to reach Plushenko's personal best scores. and I hope he will just focus on his personal best score in the Next Nationals and also Worlds.

Johnny should know he is the highest level skater and should have more confidence. Evan is not the person he have to be aware to watch.

Depending on the program setting and his mind-set , he can beat everyone.

If he could set his mind perfectly, then he doesn't have to worry to being beat by someone.

Let Evan enjoy having National title which he will never receive in the future.

True Champion is still Johnny Weir.

One good thing I could learn from Evan from this Nationals was that very strong emotional energy and passion can make miracle happen.

" Energy you give out is the result you get ! "

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