"For someone to stand on top of the podium with the gold medal around his neck with just doing triple jumps, to me it's not progress, it's a regress because we've done triples 10 or even 20 years ago," Plushenko said.
"You can't be considered a true men's champion without a quad," the 27-year-old told Russian state television RTR.
Questions for Yevi:
Did you even watch Lysacek skate? Do you understand the new scoring system? Do you think the Japanese skater who landed the quad should have come in second even though the rest of his performance was lackluster? Lysacek not only skated beautifully, but performed the majority of his jumps in the second half of his program. Each jump is given bonus points because it is extremely difficult when fatigue is kicking in. How many jumps did you do in the last 1:30 of your performance? Zero. Yes, you did a quad on your first jump and landed it. Bravo. Three or four of your other "triple" jumps (which you deem regressive) were sideways in the air or executed poorly. Maybe you should practice those more. It was obvious from the look on your face at the end of the program that you knew you hadn't done your best performance. To criticize instead of congratulate is just poor sportsmanship. One more thing... if you want progress, cut off your mullet. We haven't seen those in 10 or even 20 years.
Congratulations Evan, you deserved it!!!
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