2008 Worlds Men LP Brian Joubert "Metallica" (ESPN)

2008 Worlds Men LP Brian Joubert "Metallica" (ESPN)

[@margitfeisel6605]

I was there in Goeteborg myself. Unbelievable beautiful and mesmerizing evening, I will never forget. Thanks Brian, merci, you are missed. Great sportsman. 🎉🎉

[@koria14]

this is just beautiful. The metallica was an amazing song choice and he did such a great job with it!!!!

[@dulala2564]

The power of beginning Masculine...so beautiful...

[@mokomoko0503]

Love😍ブライアン大好きでした🇯🇵 KZbinありがとう!Thank you!

[@TheLoudenclear]

that's apocalyptica's cover of metallica's 'unforgiven'.

[@skaterboy-cz9wj]

I liked the costume and that it was to Metallica. He has a great energy about him Well done.

[@zsofialbert]

so strong and powerful! I love you Brian, you are the BEST!!

[@Vlady1512]

Brian mon amour 💙 💙

[@deborabarnes5915]

Maravilhoso!

[@L1623VP]

At these Worlds, defending champion, Joubert with quads in both his programs lost to Jeffrey Buttle who skated two flawless programs with no quads and yet, no one lost their minds over it. When the exact same situation happened two years later at the 2010 Olympics where Evan Lysacek skated two flawless programs with no quad and defeated Olympic champion, Plushenko with quads, some people had a fit about it. Back then, mathematically you could defeat another skater with just one quad in each program even if you didn't have one. That's not possible now that they're doing 5-6 quads in a LP, but back then it was very doable, and both Buttle and Lysacek deserved their rightful golds.

[@L1623VP]

@@CalvinTor Thanks for that. Joubert had no right to be cocky because he was always so inconsistent. His performances were either great or disastrous. There was no in between with him, and he knows as well as any other skater that with the institution of the Code of Points, strategy became a big factor in skating. If a skater can do the big jumps, then he gets big points. If he misses them, then there is a price to pay. Every skater weighs his strengths and weaknesses and puts together a strategic program that gives him the best chance of winning. So back in those days, why would a skater be so foolish as to attempt a quad in competition if he knew he wasn't consistent with it? That would work against his strategy. So, it's ridiculous of him to say that all skaters should have at least tried to do a quad in their programs. Yes, tried and fell, and given HIM the advantage. That's why it irks me when people bitch about Lysacek's win two years after this Worlds at the 2010 Olympics. Not only was Lysacek clearly the better skater in Vancouver, he was the smarter skater with his strategy and the way he constructed his programs to wring every possible point out of them. Oddly, Elvis Stojko wrote an article for Yahoo after those Olympics complaining that Lysacek hadn't done a quad and was causing men's figure skating to regress. Apparently, he missed the 2008 Worlds with his fellow Canadian, Buttle. He also had a lot of gall to say such unprofessional things about a fellow skater in a public article, not just because it was classless, but because of the two Olympics where he was an actual contender ('94 & '98), he attempted exactly zero quads. In fact, in international competition, I would bet he completed about five quads in his entire decade-long career. People forget that figure skating performances are products of their time, and especially of the scoring system that was in place in that particular era. You can't take a program from 15 or 20+ years ago and judge it by today's requirements. Back then it was more than possible to beat a skater with one quad. Today, it's different, and so programs are constructed strategically based on the newest rules.

[@L1623VP]

@@CalvinTor That's so cool that Buttle is in your hockey league and that you'll probably be playing against him. Yes, Orser can put on the weight, and that's not so good for him since he's pretty short, as I recall.

[@L1623VP]

@@CalvinTor Yes, everything about Lysacek's programs were better. Plushenko, who hadn't skated competitively in nearly four years, except for 2010 Russian Nationals and Europeans, was nearly sideways in the air on most of his jumps in Vancouver. Only muscle memory kept him from falling at least twice. Of course, he also had plenty of time-wasting "razzmatazz" filler that usually included angular, flailing arms and air humping. Shockingly, Plushenko and Lysacek were virtually tied on PCS with Plushenko having a 0.1 lead. That by itself is outrageous and insulting to Lysacek, but the fact that Lysacek won on the technical mark because his programs were more difficult and well-executed even without a quad is great because it proves 1.) his victory wasn't a subjective one but based solely on the numbers and 2.) you could have a technically more difficult program even without the quad...at least in 2010.

[@editrin7005]

Both parts are metallica, yes, but both are covers by Apocalyptica. First parts is "Unforgiven" and if I'm not mistaken, the secong is "Nothing else matters". Still he is fucking amazing

[@alanmpulido]

the song is the unforgiven

[@feeer8]

This handcraft made by God Himself got 153 points... And YuNa Kim got 150 points withe her three double axels. What did I miss?

[@danilol7]

NEWSFLASH skating isn't 100% about the jumps ffs