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Author Topic: Evan Lysacek out of the Olympics  (Read 1829 times)

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Offline AgnesNitt

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Evan Lysacek out of the Olympics
« on: December 10, 2013, 07:53:27 PM »
Not that anyone is really surprised. His hip is too damaged to compete anymore.

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2013/dec/10/olympic-skating-champion-evan-lysacek-out-sochi
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Re: Evan Lysacek out of the Olympics
« Reply #1 on: December 10, 2013, 08:56:10 PM »
Yeah it's too bad but honestly I never thought he would compete - especially since his last competition was the 2010 Olympics - wasn't it?

Hopefully it will heal or and he will still be able to skate in shows and stuff (if that is what he wants to do of course) -

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Re: Evan Lysacek out of the Olympics
« Reply #2 on: December 11, 2013, 01:41:23 PM »
After the Olympics, he competed off-ice in "Dancing With the Stars". He did quite well



, coming in second, when you consider that he split his time touring with an ice show, and couldn't take the time to fully master some of the off-ice dance styles. The lady who beat him,  Nicole Scherzinger



had prior off-ice professional dance experience (she was a lead singer and burlesque dancer with The Pussycat Dolls), and put all her time and effort into winning. Plus, on a show like that, sexy performance trumps classic style, and she sizzled.

But, for sure, DWTS is not the same as competing on-ice.