A belt can be put around any slab of flesh and it then be swung around. Seriously … what was up with the Russian ice dancing team? Excuuuuuse me? They did not really have on belts they were using to assist with lifts and such, did they?! Why, yes they did! Even worse, in my view, is that during the awards ceremony, they had removed the black belts from their waists, which means the belts were an apparatus and not an integral part of their costume.
Well, anyway, I thought the aboriginal routine by that one Russian couple did was awful, even in the new toned down version, and then tonight they pulled this thing with using belts to lift, sling, and carry each other. Color me and a bunch of other people totally unimpressed. I’m betting there will be some new rules by the next Olympics.
Don’t even get me started on Plushenko. He needs to put his ego back into its box.
So, are all Russian ice skaters so annoying?
Did you see Lysacheck’s interview afterwards. He was a totally class act. When the interviewer tried to get a rise out of him by repeating Plushenko’s remarks, he refused to take the bait and kept offering up complements to his competitor.
Yup, one of these guys is acting like a rational adult, and one is acting like a spoiled egotistical child. If I were Russian, I’d be embarrassed.