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February 22, 2010

THE OLYMPIC MYTHOLOGY

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Eugene_Ivanov by Eugene Ivanov

I can understand why Yevgeny Plyushchenko's silver medal in the 2010 Vancouver Olympics men's figure skating competition was such a huge disappointment for him and for the whole Russian team.  And although I generally try to stay clear of discussing sports events, let me say this: in the controversy between "without a quad, it's not men's figure skating, now it's dancing" and "it's called figure skating...not ...figure jumping", I tend to support the latter statement.  In other words, I believe that Evan Lysacek has earned his gold. 


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Posted on February 22, 2010 at 05:46 PM in Journalistic Malpractice, Putin |

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