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回顾一下Evan在2/12到2/14期间的最新消息:
1)点将:
这是NBC播放的2010奥运点将:(American) Olympians to Watch。
花滑选手选了Evan和BA,而在被提及的10位名将里,Evan是唯一还没有得过冬奥奖牌的选手,能被提名实属意外惊喜,但愿他能不负众望。
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/35017294/vp/35372892#35372892
NBC在线美国地区以外大概收不到,简要翻译一下:
Evan部分:在我眼中,温哥华之行是一项(意义非凡的)任务,因为奥运对于我极为重要。那感觉就好像你跋涉过一条漫长的单行隧道,终于看到了来自尽头的光亮,它令我热血沸腾。
BA部分:
Tanith:上次我们得到了第二,这次我们不想退步,所以前进方向只有一个,就是站上(领奖台)最高层。
Ben:那个梦想会驱使你每天努力为之奋斗。
2)前瞻:
NBC Men’s Figure Skating Preview
节目播放放了周六训练的片段,先后提到了Evan,Jeremy Abbott, Johnny Weir, Patrick Chan和Evgeni Plushenko。(我认为54其他欧洲男单高手及整个日本队是很不应该的。)三位主持尤其对飞猪和围裙寄予了厚望,但我觉得小普的跳跃实在太强大太稳定了,要撼动其地位是非常困难的。
从目前的训练情况看,各路高手的状态都好得出奇,难分轩轾,让我们有理由期待一场非常精彩激烈的世纪大火拼。Scott说他有生之年从未见到过男单比赛出现如此水平相当的混战局面,以目前情况看,起码有9个人都有可能站上领奖台。
不过训练和比赛终究还是两回事,现在的一切预测和表象都不能说明什么,谁能在关键时刻顶住压力,从千军万马中杀出重围,还要4天后方见分晓。
不知是否受了脚伤消息的影响,可以明显感觉到和对其他同学不惜溢美之词的狂赞态度相比,三位主持对Evan的评价是最有所保留的。这让我一直试图保持冷静的心难免又开始七上八下,特别是提到伤势时那一连串刻意的a little, a little bit,加上镜头里他脸上流露出的凝重神色,让人越发害怕那些表面的粉饰太平是在此地无银三百两。
下面是解说的原话:
Scott Hamilton: Evan has got his hands full. He’s here, he’s prepared, he’s skating beautifully on (the ice) but he was a little unconfortable with his left foot that is a little bit sensitive.
Evan要面对一群强大的对手,他来到这里,做好了充分的准备,他在冰上滑得赏心悦目。但他的左脚出现了一点问题,有一点敏感。
Sandra Bezic: Yeah, since a stress fracture that he had earlier this season has come back a little bit, because he has been working on the quad. But he’s decided that he will probably not do that in order to protect the foot. But quite frankly, if he skates the way he can, many feel (that) he does not need a quad.
对,他的脚在赛季早些时候骨折了,随着他开始恢复四周跳,伤势又有了些反复。为了保护伤脚,他可能取消原定的四周跳安排。不过坦白地说,如果他能滑出应有的水平,很多人认为他不需要四周跳。
3) 开幕式:
"The opening ceremony was awesome," said Lysacek, competing in his second Olympics after placing fourth at Turin in 2006. "I walked in with (speedskater) Chad Hedrick and (NHL defenseman) Jack Johnson and the women's hockey team. The women walked in last. They wanted to. They walked in last and won the gold in '98 and haven't won it since and haven't walked in last. The snowboarders beat them to it before. So they did it this time."
开幕式Evan选择走在队伍的最后,和冰球选手一起出场。他的好朋友之一,Angela Ruggiero是美国女子冰球队的队长,奥运金牌得主,也是冬奥的四朝元老了。她的队伍有个有趣的小迷信,入场式在队伍最后出场会带来好运,因为她们98年冬奥夺冠就是最后出场的,而上次的压轴位置被自由式滑雪队抢走,她们丢掉了冠军。这次她们又“抢”回了这个位置,希望能藉此重归王座。:)
Angela和Evan在开幕式一直待在一起,度过了一个愉快的夜晚。昨天她在twitter里留言说:I'm his #1 fan! Go Evan! (注:Angela是哈佛大学的高材生,学的是政府管理,看过Donald Trump的the Apprentice《飞黄腾达》名人版的朋友应该对这位金发美女有印象。)
Angela(她胸前挂的是前三届冬奥会的奖牌)
好笑的是另一位奥运金牌得主Nastia Liukin在给Angela回复中写道:I think I could challenge you for that spot! 她这次是专程赶来温哥华给Evan加油的。
4)住所:
关于最近8卦版面被炒得火热的Tanith住宿事件,最详细的版本是这样的:
The two skaters became an Olympic odd couple when they and defending world champion Evan Lysacek all requested single rooms. (Lysacek is both Weir's nemesis and a former boyfriend of Belbin's.)
The U.S. team, however, had only one single and one two-bedroom unit left in the athletes' village.
"I never room with anyone at competitions, and I asked that, if possible, I could have a single room," Belbin said. "Johnny and Evan were both in the same boat. It was just the three of us, and there was one room with two single bedrooms.
"And if you take Johnny and myself and Evan and do the math, the only logical answer was me and Johnny."
Evan, Tanith和Johnny都有比赛期间不和别人合住的习惯,但美花滑队在奥运村只有三间独立卧房,一个是一居室,另一个是双卧室的套房。
Tanith说,人是3个,房间是一个1和一个1+1,“如果你把Johnny, 我和Evan放进这道算术题,(由于众所周知的原因,Evan是不可能和另二者中的任意一个合住)合乎逻辑的解答只有一个,我和Johnny合住。”
为了专心备战,有更好的休息环境,Evan自己在运动员村外订了酒店,他白天在运动员村小憩,晚上回酒店睡觉。由于待在运动员村的时间不多,他最终没有要那个单人房间,而是和两位美国双人滑的男选手share一个condo(连体住宅里面的一个单元,有独立入口的那种)。 |