Okay, don't get me wrong. I understand Plushenko's bitterness in just missing the Gold, however it annoys me that he's now being a poor sport over it. Also for his coach to say that an investigation needs to be called is more than over the top.
I'm sorry but successfully performing a quad in competition does not excuse your sloppy landings on triples, or a lack of more interesting/modern choreography. (And might I add that his quad was a bit shaky and his footwork slightly lacking.) Lysacek was perfect in his performance. Technically his jumps, footwork, and landings were better. I'm not even sure how Plushenko landed some of his jumps, he has a great natural talent, but that doesn't excuse his sloppiness.
Yes I know that Plushenko said that the sport is basically just dancing without the quad, however last night proved that he clearly he has problems dancing on ice compared to Lysacek.
I can see where Plushenko's anger is coming from, he skated off of an out-dated model of judging. He loaded his program with big jumps that would have racked up the points for him with the old system. And he did a traditional Plushenko program, he loaded them all in the beginning, but in the current system extra points are given for jumps completed within the second half of a program - AND the program as a whole is more important and judged more strictly. In a
4 minutes and 40 seconds program you NEED more than just fancy and difficult jumps. I would also like to point out that Plushenko left out some jumps that were originally planned for his program. If he had kept those in there would have been no problem in him taking the Gold.
If Plushenko has a problem with the outcome I think he should get back on the ice, practice more, brag less, and not just rely on one jump (albeit an amazing and extremely difficult jump), and bring it. He's a GREAT skater who has dominated the rink for the past decade, but his attitude concerning this really disappoints me.
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