I was initially going to post an entry on American men's figure skater Johnny Weir, who has his own show on The Sundance Channel, but we decided to go with one of his rivals Daisuke Takahashi of Japan since he is more likely than Weir to medal tonight based on the short program which was performed on Tuesday.
Along with current leader Evgeni Plushenko of Russia and Evan Lysacek of the United States who is in a VERY close second, Takahashi, who is in a VERY close third, gave an amazing performance which included a triple-axel and a triple lutz-triple toe-loop.
Takahashi, 23, told various media outlets that it was his best performance of the season. He added that he was pleased to see many fans supporting him:
"The audience was really good, there were lots of Japanese fans and Japanese flags and that really helped," Takahashi said. "I am glad because I haven't scored so high in a long while."
Takahashi, a four-time Japanese national champion who also competed during the 2006 Turin Olympics, began skating when he was eight years old. Initially, he was going to try ice hockey but he didn't like the sport's protective gear.
As for Weir, his Sundance Channel show airs at 10:30 on Mondays. He is assuredly not the only Olympic athlete we will have to snub due to time and space constraints, and we apologize for that!
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Let's hope Takahashi kicks Plushenko's butt tonight! Skaters in third to seventh place scored closely enough to compete for the bronze. Oda won the Grand Prix Final, but I don't expect him to hang onto third, in spite of excelling at difficult jumps. I don't find Lysachek to be an inspired skater, but he is the best shot to beat Plushenko the jumping machine.
Alas, I missed the coverage, but I saw that Lysachek edged out Plushenko. At least, Takahashi held on and got the bronze. I expect the women's competition will be even more interesting!
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