Plushenko's "Commitment to a Delusion"

[DisneyBamaFan]

This cracks me up: link...

Evgeni Plushenko's long, delusional journey continues. Just days after the silver medalist for men's figure skating denied that Evan Lysacek is the true champion of men's figure skating, he has apparently awarded himself a platinum medal. From his official website:

It reads, "Silver of Salt Lake, Gold of Torino, Platinum of Vancouver." What's impressive here is that not only has Plushenko's website team fabricated an Olympic medal, it designed a platinum medal, too. Bravo. That's commitment to a delusion.

 

[tinkntraining]

This cracks me up: link...

Sad, so sad.
Why can't he be a gracious loser, instead of just a loser loser?

 

[PeterPan09]

He really thought that he could land a quad and everyone would just fall over and hand him the gold. Sorry, dear-it's called a PROGRAM. You have to do more than just hit one jump.

 

[agnes!]

Give me some cheese to go with that World-Class whiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiine.

agnes!

 

[pixiewings71]

This really bugs me....I have always like Plushenko, a lot, but after this year I'm saddened by his attitude about "losing". I mean really? His program was not as good as Evan's (of whom I was not a big fan), he bobbled almost all of his landings and he lacked content. "landing" a quad is not an automatic gold and I find this news about giving himself a platinum disturbing.....very disturbing. I hope he retires for good now and doesn't try a come back after having 3.5 years off from the sport.....

 

[minniebeth]

We noticed that before he even skated, in his montage talking about his life story, he referred to his competitors as "enemies". A little foreshadowing perhaps?

 

[ncmickeyluvr]

I think he's just desperate to generate publicity for himself..... and therefore be able to translate that somehow into dollars.....or rubles. He probably was counting on the bankability of being a repeat gold medalist. Now he's just willing to make himself a villian....and an a&& .... in the hopes of generating a career. It's sad and I hope beyond hope that it backfires.

Although I will say that under the old scoring.... he probably would have won. That was the whole purpose of changing the judging criteria. Too much emphasis WAS being applied to these jumps.

 

[damo]

Nobody is going to remember him for winning the silver. We will just remember him for his unsportsmanlike behavior.

 

[ead79]

He really thought that he could land a quad and everyone would just fall over and hand him the gold. Sorry, dear-it's called a PROGRAM. You have to do more than just hit one jump.

Yep, I totally agree! Boy is he McBitterPants these days!

 

[DisneyBamaFan]

I think he's just desperate to generate publicity for himself..... and therefore be able to translate that somehow into dollars.....or rubles. He probably was counting on the bankability of being a repeat gold medalist. Now he's just willing to make himself a villian....and an a&& .... in the hopes of generating a career. It's sad and I hope beyond hope that it backfires.

Although I will say that under the old scoring.... he probably would have won. That was the whole purpose of changing the judging criteria. Too much emphasis WAS being applied to these jumps.

It will hurt him internationally, but he is a hero in Russia. This will probably pay off in spades back there, where isolationism is fast becoming their national pastime again...

 

[clarabelle]

I think part of it is an act. He was trying to make himself into the "bad boy" even before he skated.
like pp stated -I think he is trying to make some kind of image for himself.

Did you see the interview with Evan Lysacek and Bob Costas?
Bob was really trying to get Evan to say something nasty about the Russian but Evan wouldn't give into it. Bob Costas really gets on my nerves by the way.

 

[Hidden_Mickey]

Special Snowflake syndrome

 

[dislaney]

Give me some cheese to go with that World-Class whiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiine.

agnes!

I totally agree. Sore loser much!

 

[ginna74]

he gives the rest of steve perry's look alikes a bad name!!!!

 

[Pakey]

I loved Plushenko and was actually pulling for him to win but honestly, if the gold meant that much to him, maybe he should have spent the last 4 years training instead of just 6 months. You can be a bad boy without being a whiner.

I've already forgotten him and moved onto other athletes, like Bode Miller, who used failure as motivation, the mark of a true champion.

 

[ginna74]

=

 

[Jennasis]

he gives the rest of steve perry's look alikes a bad name!!!!

DH walked past the tv while Plushenko was skating and said to me "When did the lead singer from Def Leppard get into figure skating??"

 

[ginna74]

DH walked past the tv while Plushenko was skating and said to me "When did the lead singer from Def Leppard get into figure skating??"

lolol

 

[PeterPan09]

DH walked past the tv while Plushenko was skating and said to me "When did the lead singer from Def Leppard get into figure skating??"

 

[Jennasis]