在此之前的88 for AIDS公益活动
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W少尚未决定是否有“下赛季”
The peripatetic Weir -- whose next stop on his personality tour is as a co-emcee at Bon Appetit's "Vegas Uncork'd" food and wine extravaganza, followed by recording his single, "Dirty Love," followed by a gig as a judge at the Miss USA pageant -- introduced some talented young pianists and posed for photos with fans.
"When GMHC calls, how can you say no?" he asked the gathering.
While the skater, 25, has mostly been making waves off the ice, he says he's still undecided about competing on the Grand Prix circuit this fall.
In an interview held prior to "88 for AIDS," the three-time U.S. champion, who withdrew from the world championships after placing sixth at the Vancouver Olympics in February, said he plans to announce a decision prior to the deadline for U.S. Figure Skating to submit skater names to the ISU for Grand Prix assignments.
"It would have killed my power and my sense of goodness, to skate two perfect programs [at worlds] and come in sixth or seventh, which [judging], by watching the worlds coverage [as a commentator for Universal TV], could have happened again," he said.
"I honestly don't know what my decision [on competing] will be, but I would rather skate and train and learn what the judges want so that I don't put myself in that position again. It's a horrible position to have two of the performances of your life and come in sixth and not have a reward at the end. My reward has been the public acceptance of me and love of what I do on the ice."——还没决定是不是有下赛季。
Weir is smarting from his program component scores in Vancouver, which he felt were low relative to other top competitors.
"At the beginning, when the [International Judging System] came into play, everyone was saying, 'It's made for you, Johnny,' and then all of a sudden, it wasn't," he said. "I don't understand how one year my skating can be 9 [program component mark] and the next year 7. That's really where I lost any chance at an Olympic medal. That's the political side. And I mean, I understand I'm a lot to wrap your head around for judges, but...sixth place isn't a place I want to be."——新规则实施初,人人都称将会对少爷很有利。可仅仅一年光景,其小分便从9下降至7。少爷大呼冬奥第6让人不爽。
Whatever his decision, Weir got some encouragement from an unlikely source: former world champion Brian Joubert, who placed a humbling 16th in Vancouver but fought back to win bronze at worlds.
"We did a few shows together in Russia, and Brian inspired me. He sat me down and said, 'You don't do anything wrong; you skate great. We both need to keep skating.'" ——Joubert在俄罗斯参加KOI演出时安慰少爷说:“我们都应滑下去。”
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