I'm so sad that I won't be able to see the figure skating parts on TV, at least not live (thankfully there will be a re-run the next day at a time that normal people in Europe will be awake, too, so I'll just have to avoid looking at any spoilers on the internet. However, German news sites don't cover figure skating because they prefer running-and-shooting aka biathlon and boring stuff like that even though they've got really good people in pair skating.)
You're probably talking about Alexei Yagudin who was Plushenko's big rival in Russia. Now I'm really excited about this year's contest because, well, Plushenko, like him or not, makes everything more interesting. I feel somewhat sorry for Joubert because whenenver Plushenko appears, he's only second. Always. And if it's Olympics or World Championships he's even worse. Poor guy (now that he even lost the European throne to Plushenko AND Lambiel.) The European way of skating is so different from the American/Canadian way and particularly the Chinese, so I'm really looking forward to seeing this year's games.
(haha, sorry for babbling but there's NO ONE else on my f-list who is even remotely interested in figure skating ;_;)
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Date: 2010-02-12 11:17 am (UTC)You're probably talking about Alexei Yagudin who was Plushenko's big rival in Russia. Now I'm really excited about this year's contest because, well, Plushenko, like him or not, makes everything more interesting. I feel somewhat sorry for Joubert because whenenver Plushenko appears, he's only second. Always. And if it's Olympics or World Championships he's even worse. Poor guy (now that he even lost the European throne to Plushenko AND Lambiel.) The European way of skating is so different from the American/Canadian way and particularly the Chinese, so I'm really looking forward to seeing this year's games.
(haha, sorry for babbling but there's NO ONE else on my f-list who is even remotely interested in figure skating ;_;)