Men's Freeskate
...I fell asleep. It was like 3:30, I heard somebody up and I laid down in case they came to my room cause I didn't want to get into an argument about me still being up. And I fell asleep and didn't wake up till 20 minutes ago. After all that time zone coordination and nervousness and skating fan solidarity, I SLEPT THROUGH THE EVENT THAT MEANT THE MOST TO ME. Worlds comes but once a year and I SLEPT THROUGH EVAN. I'm such a freaking idiot, and I really think I'm a lot more upset about that than about anything that's under the cut.
Freeskate
1 Daisuke TAKAHASHI JPN 163.44
2 Stephane LAMBIEL SUI 160.65
3 Brian JOUBERT FRA 157.21
4 Tomas VERNER CZE 155.80
5 Evan LYSACEK USA 148.69
6 Nobunari ODA JPN 142.77
7 Kristoffer BERNTSSON SWE 140.20
8 Jeffrey BUTTLE CAN 135.06
9 Stefan LINDEMANN GER 133.38
10 Johnny WEIR USA 132.71
Overall Men's Results
1 Brian JOUBERT FRA 240.85 1 3
2 Daisuke TAKAHASHI JPN 237.95 3 1
3 Stephane LAMBIEL SUI 233.35 6 2
4 Tomas VERNER CZE 226.25 9 4
5 Evan LYSACEK USA 222.18 5 5
6 Jeffrey BUTTLE CAN 214.96 2 8
7 Nobunari ODA JPN 209.94 14 6
8 Johnny WEIR USA 206.97 4 10
9 Kristoffer BERNTSSON SWE 206.29 15 7
10 Sergei DAVYDOV BLR 203.05 8 12
and
15 Ryan BRADLEY USA 188.90 19 13
As I wrote in a comment to Rhianna... Evan most certainly did a good job at this Worlds, even though he didn't get a medal. First time putting the quad in the short, still had a quad in the free, and it was in a tough TOUGH field. As I said in my post yesterday, there's only so much that he had control over; he couldn't control what all the other guys did, only what he did. Which he did well. And 5th place at Worlds, especially in that field, is definitely something to be proud of. AND he came out ahead of Buttle, Oda, and Weir, and for some reason, when any of those three have beaten Evan in the past it's been much more annoying than when Joubert, Lambiel, or Takahashi has, so if anyone had to come out ahead of Evan, I'd say the people who I would have preferred to, did (and out of the medalists, I'm definitely happy that Joubert won; I love him, too). And as for Verner... props to him. I think the thing that I'm the most upset/worried about (other than my stupid SLEEP) is how Evan feels about it all. He's really intense and puts a lot of pressure on himself, and I know he really really wanted to medal, even though he said that's not what it was about, and I'm sure he meant it, but he always seems to have that really intense desire to anyway. Of course he does, or else he wouldn't have gotten this far. But anyway, I just hope he isn't being too hard on himself right now, because he really did do a fine job at Worlds, and he's had an amazing season with a silver and three golds (including his first National title) at his other competitions. 2/1/1/1/5, definitely something to be proud of. I just really hope he sees it that way, too. *hugs him*
Edit: This makes me feel better; Evan's quotes in this article make it sound like he really knew that he might not medal and that he was more building for the future by working on the quads.
And yay for Ryan Bradley, Top 15 at his first Worlds! :) Play by plays sounded like he skated well, and I hope they show him on the ESPN broadcast. I can't decide if it's likely that they will or not. On the one hand, he's American, but on the other hand, he wasn't in the top group, so I'm not sure.
So, in conclusion: Good job to all of my guys, and congratulations to Evan on an amazing season. <3
Bad job to Heather, next time learn not to lay down when Evan's going to skate and you're sleep-deprived.
Rhianna, are you in for the free dance tonight? It'll be quite the showdown, and I want to redeem myself!
Freeskate
1 Daisuke TAKAHASHI JPN 163.44
2 Stephane LAMBIEL SUI 160.65
3 Brian JOUBERT FRA 157.21
4 Tomas VERNER CZE 155.80
5 Evan LYSACEK USA 148.69
6 Nobunari ODA JPN 142.77
7 Kristoffer BERNTSSON SWE 140.20
8 Jeffrey BUTTLE CAN 135.06
9 Stefan LINDEMANN GER 133.38
10 Johnny WEIR USA 132.71
Overall Men's Results
1 Brian JOUBERT FRA 240.85 1 3
2 Daisuke TAKAHASHI JPN 237.95 3 1
3 Stephane LAMBIEL SUI 233.35 6 2
4 Tomas VERNER CZE 226.25 9 4
5 Evan LYSACEK USA 222.18 5 5
6 Jeffrey BUTTLE CAN 214.96 2 8
7 Nobunari ODA JPN 209.94 14 6
8 Johnny WEIR USA 206.97 4 10
9 Kristoffer BERNTSSON SWE 206.29 15 7
10 Sergei DAVYDOV BLR 203.05 8 12
and
15 Ryan BRADLEY USA 188.90 19 13
As I wrote in a comment to Rhianna... Evan most certainly did a good job at this Worlds, even though he didn't get a medal. First time putting the quad in the short, still had a quad in the free, and it was in a tough TOUGH field. As I said in my post yesterday, there's only so much that he had control over; he couldn't control what all the other guys did, only what he did. Which he did well. And 5th place at Worlds, especially in that field, is definitely something to be proud of. AND he came out ahead of Buttle, Oda, and Weir, and for some reason, when any of those three have beaten Evan in the past it's been much more annoying than when Joubert, Lambiel, or Takahashi has, so if anyone had to come out ahead of Evan, I'd say the people who I would have preferred to, did (and out of the medalists, I'm definitely happy that Joubert won; I love him, too). And as for Verner... props to him. I think the thing that I'm the most upset/worried about (other than my stupid SLEEP) is how Evan feels about it all. He's really intense and puts a lot of pressure on himself, and I know he really really wanted to medal, even though he said that's not what it was about, and I'm sure he meant it, but he always seems to have that really intense desire to anyway. Of course he does, or else he wouldn't have gotten this far. But anyway, I just hope he isn't being too hard on himself right now, because he really did do a fine job at Worlds, and he's had an amazing season with a silver and three golds (including his first National title) at his other competitions. 2/1/1/1/5, definitely something to be proud of. I just really hope he sees it that way, too. *hugs him*
Edit: This makes me feel better; Evan's quotes in this article make it sound like he really knew that he might not medal and that he was more building for the future by working on the quads.
And yay for Ryan Bradley, Top 15 at his first Worlds! :) Play by plays sounded like he skated well, and I hope they show him on the ESPN broadcast. I can't decide if it's likely that they will or not. On the one hand, he's American, but on the other hand, he wasn't in the top group, so I'm not sure.
So, in conclusion: Good job to all of my guys, and congratulations to Evan on an amazing season. <3
Bad job to Heather, next time learn not to lay down when Evan's going to skate and you're sleep-deprived.
Rhianna, are you in for the free dance tonight? It'll be quite the showdown, and I want to redeem myself!