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Topic: Evan Lysacek


In the News (Thu 3 Dec 09)

  
  washingtonpost.com: For Lysacek, No Pain Means No Gain   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
This, Lysacek believed, was going to be his breakthrough season and he wasn't going to skip it for something as insignificant as a stress fracture.
Lysacek hopes the style he projects with his long, lanky frame and his reputation for connecting with audiences will help him as he hobbles through the season, trying to showcase his full arsenal of artistry if not pure athletic ability.
Lysacek, who became the first skater in 50 years to win the novice and junior men's U.S. championships in consecutive seasons in 1999 and 2000, figures he suffered the fracture unknowingly at some point last year.
www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A49631-2004Oct20?language=printer   (1172 words)

  
 Lysacek closing in on his Olympic dreams - Boston.com
Evan Lysacek started thinking big after his very first national championships, known back then as the Junior Olympics.
Off the ice, Lysacek is friendly and outgoing, a people magnet who's been charming admirers since he was a 3-year-old dancing with a line of old ladies at an Oktoberfest in Chicago.
So when it came time to select his programs for this season, Lysacek thought he should stick with something similar and chose a medley from "Grease." But the program didn't get quite the reception he'd hoped for, and he scrapped it after a second-place finish at Skate America in October.
www.boston.com /sports/other_sports/articles/2006/01/08/lysacek_closing_in_on_his_olympic_dreams   (853 words)

  
 Evan Lysacek Links Page by Megi
Evan was assigned to Skate America and Cup of China.
February 16, 2006 - Congratulations to Evan for an inspiring performance in the LP at the Torino Olympics that was scored as the third best program of the night and helped him move from 10th to 4th place in the final standing.
December 8, 2005 - Evan was forced to withdraw from the GPF because of a hip injury.
evanl.blogspot.com   (831 words)

  
 Lee Marshall Management   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Evan Lysacek dreamed of participating in the Olympics.
It was a courageous free skate that vaulted Evan from a 10th place finish in the short program to a fourth place finish overall.
Evan also closed the 2005 season by winning a bronze medal at the World Championships.
www.leemarshallmanagement.com /lysacek.shtml   (633 words)

  
 ESPN.com - Lysacek heeds hand, skates clean short program   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Lysacek might have been asking for motion sickness if he'd tried to read the message in the middle of a flying sit spin or a triple jump.
Lysacek logged a score of 67.75 and looked better than he did in a tentative performance at the season-opening Campbell's Classic in St. Paul, Minn. earlier this month.
Lysacek said skating's new scoring system, which has been used in international competition but will be implemented for the first time at the upcoming U.S. national championships and the Olympics, also works in his favor.
sports.espn.go.com /espn/print?id=2199237&type=story   (1029 words)

  
 Sports: Emerging star shines in Tampa
Evan Lysacek follows his bronze at the World Championships by winning the men's U.S. Figure Skating Challenge.
But Evan Lysacek, a 19-year-old from Naperville, Ill., is certainly making himself at home among America's skating elite.
Lysacek earned his first U.S. Championships medal on the senior level in January with a bronze.
www.sptimes.com /2005/03/30/news_pf/Sports/Emerging_star_shines_.shtml   (680 words)

  
 Welcome to U.S. Figure Skating
Lysacek was about 10 points behind the leaders heading into the free skate, so there was no reason to think a medal would be possible.
His segment score of 142.53 was seven behind Lysacek, and suddenly with only Johnny Weir and Stephane Lambiel left to skate, an American was guaranteed a medal.
Weir was almost two points ahead of Lysacek after the short program, but the three-time U.S. champion took a nasty fall in the warm-up that aggravated the back problems he has been suffering.
www.usfsa.org /Story.asp?id=33541   (1041 words)

  
 U.S. Skater Puts On Show Of Courage: From The Tampa Tribune   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Lysacek not only showed up for Thursday night's free skate, he turned in a lifetime-best score of 152.50.
Lysacek finished fourth with a total score of 220.13 points, less than eight points away from bronze medalist Jeffrey Buttle of Canada and a little more than 11 from Switzerland's Stephane Lambiel, who fell twice in the free skate but still earned the silver medal.
But Lysacek, who was forced to stay off the ice Wednesday because he was still weak and dizzy, refused to blame anyone for his Olympic setback.
www.tampatrib.com /MGB14QI1SJE.html   (819 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Sports Scope: Archives
Evan Lysacek, ill during the week and apparently during a lackluster short program, moved up from 10th to fourth with a magnificent performance.
Lysacek was holding onto third ahead of Weir, but the judges forgave some sloppiness by Buttle and moved him into the top three with two skaters left.
Lysacek and Savoie ranked 1-2 after their group was finished, meaning they'll finish in the top eight.
blogs.usatoday.com /sportsscope/2006/02/16   (4559 words)

  
 Men's figure skater has Western Pa. roots   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Evan and sisters Christina, 16, and Laura, 22, a student at Arizona State, are familiar with Western Pennsylvania because they visited family there, including their maternal grandparents until they moved away five years ago.
The connection has remained because Tanya, whose maiden name is Santoro, still has relatives throughout the Pittsburgh area as well as a group of close friends she met in a residence hall as a 17-year-old freshman at Pitt.
Evan, 20, has been skating internationally since he was 11 and is making his Olympic debut.
www.post-gazette.com /pg/06045/654911.stm   (748 words)

  
 SPORTS - OTHER SPORTS - Comcast.net
"Evan Lysacek is a figure skater who has experienced right hip pain for the last three weeks after falling down at his home rink, and it gradually got worse," said Dr. Anatol Podolsky.
Previously, Lysacek had left hip problems, including a stress fracture and break in his socket.
Lysacek said he was hurt one week before he departed for last weekends NHK Trophy in Osaka, Japan, where he finished second to earn his spot at the Grand Prix finals.
www.comcast.net /sports/others/index.jsp?cat=OTHERSPORTS&fn=/2005/12/08/279919.html   (242 words)

  
 ABC News: Weir skates to U.S. title; Lysacek, Savoie make team   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Evan Lysacek and Matt Savoie were second and third.
Lysacek, the reigning world bronze medalist, won the free skate with 150.44 points and finished second overall at 224.47 to Weir's 225.34.
Lysacek, who switched long programs from "Grease" to "Carmen" this year, didn't bring much fire to his routine until the end.
abcnews.go.com /Sports/ESPNSports/story?id=1506565   (865 words)

  
 Lysacek debuts new program and qualifies for GP final   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Evan Lysacek debuted his new program, and hopes it leads him right to the Olympics.
Lysacek was the surprise bronze medalist after coming in third at the U.S. championships in January.
Lysacek won the free skate with the new music and packed eight triple jumps into his program full of dramatic gestures.
famulus.msnbc.com /famulusspt/ap12-05-020127.asp?spt=fig   (514 words)

  
 Evan Lysacek News
Evan Lysacek News continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.
Evan Lysacek doesn't know it, but on his way to a fourth-place finish in men's figure skating in the 2006 Olympics, the U.S. team member earned a badge of courage from local skater Kelsey Traunero.
Evan Lysacek fought through a bad case of flulike symptoms while battling his way up from 10th place after the short program to finish fourth in the 2006 Winter Olympics.
www.topix.net /skating/evan-lysacek   (650 words)

  
 Skating, American style   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Evan Lysacek, third among men at the 2005 World Figure Skating Championships, took the opportunity to dissect his Russian competition.
Lysacek moved to El Segundo, Calif., in the summer of 2003 to work with Carroll, who then also was coaching 2002 Olympic bronze medalist Tim Goebel.
The combined finish of Lysacek and Weir was good enough to earn three men's Olympic berths for the United States.
www.azcentral.com /sports/azetc/articles/0111skating0111.html   (631 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Lambiel wins gold at figure skating worlds   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
MOSCOW — Evan Lysacek, youngster of the U.S. team, danced across the ice to the tune of Singin' in the Rain to win a surprise bronze medal Thursday night in the world figure skating championships.
Lysacek gave a positive review to the new scoring, which replaces the old 6.0 standard of perfection and attaches numerical values to each jump, spin, spiral and other element of a performance.
That was 3.23 behind Lysacek — or about the equivalent of the base value of 3.3 points for doing a double axel.
www.usatoday.com /sports/olympics/winter/2005-03-17-figure-skating-worlds_x.htm   (806 words)

  
 Evan Lysacek | Official Website
Evan is raising money for the United States Figure Skating Association's Memorial Fund by auctioning an autographed skate, which he wore during one of the most memorable performances of his career.
Evan will make his third consecutive appearance on the Grand Prix circuit this season, competing at Skate America in October and Cup of China in November.
Evan Lysacek Online is written and produced by Evan Lysacek
www.figureskatersonline.com /evanlysacek   (381 words)

  
 Press Box - FIGURE SKATING: Evan Lysacek Finishes Second in Men's Qualifying Group A at 2006 World Figure Skating ...
Calgary, Canada (March 20, 2006) – Evan Lysacek finished second in men’s qualifying group A Monday at the 2006 World Figure Skating Championships in Calgary, Canada, with 139.70 points.
Lysacek opened his program with his first quad attempt in international competition, but he fell hard on his leg.
Lysacek finished fourth at the 2006 Olympic Winter Games despite battling a major illness in the free skate.
www.usocpressbox.org /usoc/pressbox.nsf/6272c9a938d3a5cb8525711000564abd/43c01ae1d37c70f18525713700773e76?OpenDocument   (571 words)

  
 Lysacek falls, medal hopes all but gone
TURIN, Italy -- Evan Lysacek went through his program in his mind hundreds of times.
And then Lysacek, the Naperville figure skater who finished third in the world championships, finally got to the ice for his Olympic debut Tuesday.
Lysacek said it was hard for him to analyze his program because, he said, that wasn't him doing it.
www.suntimes.com /output/couch/cst-spt-ofig15.html   (291 words)

  
 Evan Lysacek
To make matters worse at his last Junior Worlds in The Hague this March, Lysacek wasn't able to warm up properly in practice for the exhibition and tore a groin muscle, reducing his training time.
Lysacek upgraded his programs even more last season.
I love France and even took French in high school." Lysacek always wanted to visit Asia, so he was happy to be invited to Four Continents in China.
www.goldenskate.com /articles/2003/042504.shtml   (1442 words)

  
 Press Box - FIGURE SKATING: Evan Lysacek Withdraws from Grand Prix Final and Marshalls U.S. Figure Skating Challenge ...
“Evan Lysacek is a figure skater who has experienced right hip pain for the last three weeks after falling down at his home rink, and it gradually got worse,” said Dr. Anatol Podolsky of Newport Beach, Calif. “His pain is increased by landing jumps and certain spins.
Lysacek’s prior hip problems were with his left hip.
Lysacek said the injury occurred one week before he departed for last weekend’s NHK Trophy in Osaka, Japan, where he finished second and secured his spot at the Grand Prix Final.
www.usocpressbox.org /usoc/pressbox.nsf/f0101b73c01bdeb787256611006d7444/c9a40a5a3e0b8c39852570d10077762b?OpenDocument   (594 words)

  
 YouTube - Evan Lysacek 2006 Olympics Long Program
Evan - 2004 - JrWorlds - LP - Rachmaninov
Evan Lysacek - 2005 - NHK - SP - Vamos a Bailar
Evan Lysacek - 2005 - NHK - Victory Ceremony
www.youtube.com /watch?v=KcuIOakLBt4&search=Lysacek   (357 words)

  
 Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Evan Bayh   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Birch Evans "Evan" Bayh III (born December 26, 1955) is an American politician who has served as a U.S. Senator from Indiana since 1999 and a former Governor of Indiana.
In addition, Senator Bayh has conducted fundraisers in Chicago, Cincinnati, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, New Orleans, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco and St.
Back in 2000, even before Bayh was planning to run, President Bill Clinton said that "I tell you that I hope and expect some day I'll be voting for Evan Bayh for President of the United States [2]."
www.hallencyclopedia.com /Evan_Bayh   (927 words)

  
 ESPN.com - Skater's first major championship a grand one
He finished ahead of Jeffrey Buttle of Canada while Evan Lysacek of the United States, at the worlds for the first time, won the bronze medal.
Buttle's goal was to finish in the top six, and he said he was surprised at the result.
Lysacek didn't try a quad, and he had a step-out and a hand-down on other jumps.
sports.espn.go.com /espn/print?id=2015531&type=story   (747 words)

  
 U.S. men's skating team set as 3 new faces head to Turin
Lysacek won the free skate and was second overall with Matt Savoie finishing third.
Lysacek fell on a triple salchow and popped the back half of a combination after falling on a step sequence in his short program.
None of them even attempted a quad jump in the free skate, although Weir and Lysacek are planning that upgrade for the Olympics.
www.azcentral.com /arizonarepublic/sports/articles/0115menskate0115.html   (649 words)

  
 NBCOlympics.com - Figure Skating - Evan Lysacek: An inspired recovery   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Evan Lysacek, the 2005 world bronze medalist, entered the Torino Games as a medal contender.
But a disastrous short program left him in 10th place, and on the bus ride back to the Athletes' Village, he fell ill with a stomach flu.
Lysacek was given intravenous fluids the day between his short program and free skate, and a few hours before his long program he was still unsure if he'd be able to skate.
www.nbcolympics.com /figureskating/5115101/detail.html   (1748 words)

  
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Other top U.S. finishes included a fourth place in men’s by Evan Lysacek despite battling the flu, and a seventh place in pairs by Rena Inoue and John Baldwin, who landed the first throw triple Axel in Olympic history along the way.
The U.S. men didn’t quite squeak out a medal, but with Evan Lysacek finishing in fourth, Johnny Weir in fifth and Matt Savoie in seventh, the U.S. Team was the only to have more than one skater finish in the top 10.
Lysacek thought he saw his dreams shattered after the short program when he finished 10th.
www.sportsfeatures.com /index.php?section=pp&action=show&id=29886   (2001 words)

  
 Senior Men   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Although Lysacek’s triple flip was slightly two-footed, resulting in a —1.29 GOE, things seemed like clear sailing until the straight-line footwork sequence.
Reigning World bronze medallist Lysacek, skating to that old standby, Bizet’s "Carmen," racked up important technical points with his opening triple Lutz, triple toe loop, double loop combination (earning 12.21 points), followed by a triple Axel with a rather low skid take-off and a solid triple loop.
To this reporter’s eye, the judges wanted to be assured of having Lysacek in Turin and awarded the young skater a free skate win he probably did not deserve.
www.iceskatingintnl.com /current/content/senmen06.htm   (3386 words)

  
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Evan Lysacek (DuPage FSC) finished second after winning the free skate while Matt Savoie (Illinois Valley FSC) pulled up from fourth in the short to second in the free and captured the bronze medal.
Evan Lysacek’s “Carmen” program was making only its second appearance in competition.
Despite this newness, Lysacek was third in the technical segment (71.36) and first in the program components (79.08).
stlouis2006.usfigureskating.org /News/RecapNews/0114seniormenfree.aspx   (1341 words)

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