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Remembering US National’s 2008 – Men’s Figure Skating

I finally had time to watch the men’s figure skating for the 2010 Olympics last night.

I was reminded of getting to see the 2008 US National’s in St. Paul, MN. The men who represented the US in the Olympics this year are all skaters whom I was able to see that year.

I have a handful of photos of them. My camera was running out of battery power by the end of the finals, and I had to keep flipping it on and off. Plus, I was trying to not get too caught up in taking photos. I wanted to actually enjoy their fabulous skating.

I only have a couple of images of Evan Lysacek actually skating. Of course he is this year’s Olympic champion (gold medal winner). He won Nationals in 2008 too.
I have more photos of Johnny Weir skating. He actually tied Lysacek in total points that year, but the tie-breaker was their standing in the free skate program, and Lysacek won that portion.

They have come a long way since 2008. Lysacek in particular is just an amazing, amazing athlete. I’m so glad he won gold this year!

Here are a couple shots I was able to take of Evan Lysacek.

Of course, the advantage of having a camera with a really fast shutter speed is that I was actually able to get photos of them jumping. But they spin so fast, and I hadn’t figured out how to use my “sport” setting, that they are still a tiny bit blurry.

Here are some photos of Johnny Weir.

Three cheers for figure skating!