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It’s really a shame to hear Lambiel's retirement… I still can not get it in my mind, and it will surely hit me and will miss him when COP starts especially in Skate Canada. Lambiel is always one of my second favorite skaters who gave me fun and excitement since 2006 Worlds. My favorite is his Dralion he did in worlds 2006. His unique creative artistic dance in it inspired me a lot , I call it the Lambiel dance. Even though I was guessing he may not be in next Olympics seeing his health condition in past two years, when the time came, and have to face and accept the reality, it’s sad. Hope he will have a great life and hopefully will have an opportunity to see his skating again. There was also an article about " Brian Joubert speaks about Stephane's retirement: The french skater has an idea about the reasons that pushed Lambiel to stop. "Since his second world title, he was not well anymore mentaly" said Joubert, who also pointed out a physical problem. ...

Johnny’s new teleconference with U.S. media is up, and he sounds like very well focused and fired-up for this season ! And his training sounds going well. ( Article ) “ I work every day in Russian which is a foreign language for me,” he said. “For Soviet and Russian sportsmen there was always a sense of determination and need that people felt through sport, so if you were not the best you would not achieve very much in life,” Weir said. “The Russian coaches, especially of those of Galina’s era, all teach in a very Soviet way and if you are not doing the maximum to achieve a result you may as well stop training. “Of course, sometimes it is a little stressful training in the Russian system because they have a very different way of teaching and communicating than it was with my American coach. But, I am thriving under the system and I hope to continue to grow and keep getting better and better. “In America people have the chance to be lazy because we have never had to sacrifice one a...