Reminds me of this story on synchorized diving partner 14 year old Tom Daley from Britain being blamed by his partner for messing up because of his younge age and inexperience: [QUOTE] 14 year old Olympic diver Tom [COLOR=#0000ff]Daley[/COLOR]'s partner, Blake Aldridge, blames [COLOR=#0000ff]Daley[/COLOR]'s young age for his nervousness and having a bad last dive, taking them off the podium:[ Read More... ]

Very diplomatic Evan Lysacek. In his interview he said that Plushenko has been a role model for him and that he doesn't take Plushenko's comments out of context.... When asked if he will compete in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Russia he jokingly said, 'we'll see if Russia lets me in'. :) If you compare Lysacek's and Plushenko's triple axels side by side you can see that Plushenko lands like a[ Read More... ]

Coach Frank Carroll: “This is just frosting on the cake for me,” said Carroll, who coached Linda Fratianne and Michelle Kwan to silver medals and Timothy Goebel to a bronze. “It’s not something I coveted after a while. It was something I thought maybe would never happen.” Evan Lysacek wins men’s figure skating gold medal, upsetting defending champ Evgeni[ Read More... ]

When the little one comes out from behind and wins the competition like Tara Lipinski winning the gold over Michelle Kwan, it makes big story. So maybe it is stories like those that may make reporters or those less into sports think that it is always, or almost always, the littles ones winning. And then also there is the controversy with the Chinese sending too young gymnasts to compete, most[ Read More... ]