Another interesting article...

[despairsrai]

The night they killed figure skating

Edit: I am editing some of the article cause like some of the comments below all of it doesn't need to be quoted here.  Click the link below to read the entire article. Sorry guys.
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A few more thoughts on the men’s free skate:

• I thought Daisuke Takahashi was awesome. He tried the quad and he had the guts to go

Comments

I don't think all of this article needs to be quoted here

[sk8rpssockpup]

I think we should stick to the part relevant to Johnny.

Re: I don't think all of this article needs to be quoted here

[jules_pattz]

that´s about the only thing I can really understand and support.maybe he didn´t deserve a medal, but he definitely deserved better than 6th...

[soujiokita]

I don't actually agree with a lot of this. I think the quad is great if you can do it, but I think that artistry and visual appeal are equally important if not more important. I don't think Plushenko's programs deserved to win precisely because, to me, they just seemed like nothing but good jumps (and not even as good as I've seen them). I don't like Evan, but, of the two, he deserved it, imo.

[soujiokita]

Elvis Stojko actually was a pretty good figure skater on the pro circut back in the day. So he knows what he's talking about. I just think it's a matter of different schools of thought. Brian Joubert for a long time (don't know if this is still true) advocated the same ideas. To the extent that he counted perfectly wonderful skaters out of medal contention. (Thankfully, Jeff Buttle and Johnny Weir showed him by making the World podium [Buttle winning] in 2008). I think it's just a matter of taste...

[natyanayaki]

Yeah I know, I edited my post after I'd clicked on the link and actually saw who WROTE the article. It might be a matter of taste, but I think it's disrespectful of the sport. I'm sorry, I don't mean to be annoying, I'm not even a figure skater, I defer to his authority but I'm still going to be obnoxious...I just feel like he's wrong. I mean, what's the point of the music to showcase a bunch of jumps, if they should just forget the beauty, the grace and everything done on the ice? You know?

[caitinlv]

I am going to watch hockey, where athletes are allowed to push the envelope. A real sport.

Don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out, Elvis.

He has always been full of it.

[natyanayaki]

Does this guy even understand his own sport? It shocks and saddens me that he could be a world champion without even knowing or respecting the essence of his sport/

[jedinic]

I'm both an Elvis and Johnny fan (two opposite ends of the spectrum, I know!) and I think Elvis' point of view is that when he was competing, everyone worked *so hard* to do the quad. It's what lost him the gold.

So perhaps he has some residual bitterness that others can win without it.

[natyanayaki]

Hmm, maybe. If so, I wouldn't blame him at all...:) Btw, I hope it didn't sound that I'm hating on him, just that specific opinion :-D