Skating last, his program was "elegant yet loaded with solid jumps",[48] including eight triple jumps and two combination jumps: a triple Axel-triple toe and his triple Lutz-triple toe. He also competed in the Cup of Russia in Moscow, although not for points towards the Grand Prix final. [95] Weir's coach and mother admitted that Weir felt nervous about competing at the Olympics, and was uneasy about competing against Plushenko,[96] but he was called "the breakthrough personality of the Games". Television commentators would bring up his sexual orientation during his performances, causing him to publicly address homophobic remarks by commentators during the 2010 Olympics. He also popped an Axel and turned it into a single jump, but completed three more triple jumps, high-quality circular and straight-line footwork sequences, and good spins. [127] He came in 10th place in the free skate, earning 132.71 points, and earned 206.97 points overall. [146][149] Weir followed up his quadruple toe with a triple Axel-triple toe combination, a triple Lutz, and a triple Axel. 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[17] Weir was an honor roll student at Newark High School, where he graduated in 2002, and studied linguistics at the University of Delaware before dropping out. [156][157] For the first time in his career, Weir competed at Skate America, the first Grand Prix event of the season. I am with you," he said into our camera, "I wish you strength now and hope that tomorrow will be better than today. Champ Johnny Weir Doesn't Mind If He Upsets a Few Federation Officials; the 19-Year-Old Simply Wants to Have a Good Time", "Johnny Weir Collects a Perfect 6.0 and Claims Gold", "Weir Improves His Prospects by Adding Quads", "2004 US Figure Skating Championships: Highlights", "U.S. [25][29] He was the tenth American to win at Junior Worlds and the first American male skater since Derrick Delmore won in 1998. During his interview with CBSNews.com, Weir asked if he could deliver a message in Russian directly to the Russian people; "Hello Russia. 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[19][42][43] He moved from his longtime rink, the more prestigious one at the University of Delaware, to a nearby rink called The Pond, which was less crowded and not as well-known. [75][76], Weir's short program this season was based upon an interpretation of Camille Saint-Sans' The Swan, which was traditionally danced and skated to by women. "All I feel I can say is that was the. Plushenko earned a personal-best score of 90.66, the highest short program score up to that point. Johnny Weir, and Tara Lipinski started talking up a 15-year-old Russian during last weekend's . Sundance also commissioned and aired, beginning in January 2010, an eight-episode documentary series, Be Good Johnny Weir, which depicted the "recent ups and downs of his career". He earned 122.42 points in his free skate and 198.70 points overall. [204][215] He came in sixth place in the free skate, earning 132.39 points; he earned 201.42 points overall. You can't fault Johnny Weir for looking shocked on live national television Monday night. Apparently fluent in Russian, Weir translated what was being said among Russian. Figure Skating sent him to the Olympics because of the documentary and series' popularity rather than on the strength of his skating performances. He received low marks for an upright spin because he did not clearly change skating edges. "It doesn't matter if you are gay or straight. [67] His performance was solid but subdued; he struggled with the landings of his triple Axel and triple flip jumps. Her choreographers worked with him, but most of the choreography was developed by Weir and Zmievskaya. - . Johnny Weir is fluent in Russian, and therefore was able to communicate with Russian figure skaters Kamila Valieva and Alexandra Trusova backstage. [76] He was told by judges at the beginning of the season, after debuting his short program, which was designed for the new scoring system, that it was not difficult enough, so he had to rework it. Both the IOC and U.S. Olympic Committee have beencriticizedfor not taking a strong stand against the Russian anti-gay laws, though it is not clear that either organization could have done much to change them. Weir is a collector of Russian Cheburashka memorabilia. He was not eligible for a bye into Nationals because he did not place in the top five at the 2013 Nationals or medaled at the 2010 Olympics or 2013 World Championships. He is a two-time Olympian (2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics), the 2008 World bronze medalist, a two-time Grand Prix Final bronze medalist, the 2001 World Junior Champion, and a three-time U.S. National champion (20042006). The two-time Olympic figure skater and current NBC analyst loves everything about the country: its language, its people, its history,. [18][17][13] In 1994, he was inspired to further pursue figure skating after watching Oksana Baiul compete at the 1994 Winter Olympics, during the sport's rise in popularity caused by the Nancy Kerrigan attack at the 1994 U.S. Both two-footed their quadruple jump (Weir attempted a quadruple toe), both had similar entrances into their jumps, and both completed seven triples. His costume choices and outspokenness caused conflicts with U.S. Johnny Weir held a press conference Wednesday in Vancouver to address remarks made by two veteran sports commentators during the Olympics suggesting that his fabulousness (our word) is a bad . [4] He was one of two skaters to skate a clean short program with a triple Lutz-triple toe loop combination, a "scratchy triple Axel",[44] and the best spins in the field. [11][12], Weir's father had competed in English saddle events. Weir strongly opposes calls to boycott the Games over the anti-gay laws, which he said would only hurt athletes who have trained their whole lives to compete; "Would the Olympics be in Saudi Arabia, in Palestine, in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Mars, I would go," he said. He had a shaky landing on his triple flip, but his circular and straight-line footwork sequences were well-done, and he performed three level four spins. "This is a slap in the face to the Olympic. Nationals. The team calling the competition - Lipinski, Johnny Weir and Terry Gannon - have prepared for this. Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships. "I'm as normal as anybody as I know. In 2001, he won the World Junior Championships. Nationals. [139], At Cup of China, Weir came in second place, after Lysacek, in the short program, with 79.80 points. Weir opened his free skate with a triple Axel-triple toe loop combination and included five other triples, but stumbled coming out of his second triple Axel and missed his triple flip late in the program. He earned 217.70 points overall; the gold medalist, Brian Joubert from France, earned 15 points more than Weir. According to the New York Times, the Russian teenager's "signature . All of these things, but they can't really be applied to a. But I'm also not afraid of being arrested. Nationals. Brian Montopoli is the national reporter and political analyst for CBSNews.com. He had received "very serious threats"[192] from anti-fur activists for wearing fox fur trim on the left shoulder of his free skate costume during U.S. Nationals. Weir considers Russia to be "the most magnificent place in the world," as he put it in an interview with CBSNews.com. [135][134] Weir hired Zmievskaya because he needed more than Hill's "nurturing approach" and that Zmievskaya's "drill sergeant-like demands for discipline and rigor" would help him grow and win championships again. Weir fell on his opening triple Axel in his short program, but successfully completed a triple Axel-triple toe loop combination, four more triple jumps, and high-quality spins. He believed that his style was "a hybrid of Russian and American skating",[227] which was brought out by hiring coaches from those countries and often caused conflicts with U.S. [67][68][70] Although he finished slightly behind Timothy Goebel in his short program, without a quadruple jump and having a less-technical program than Goebel, he was the favorite going into the free skate. [151] Stephen Carriere, the 2007 World Junior champion, came in third place with 228.06 points. Violence against gay Russians has been a longstanding issue, with at leasttwo murders seemingly motivated by anti-gay sentiment taking place this year. [134] In between seasons, he amicably parted from his longtime coach Priscilla Hill, and replaced her with Galina Zmievskaya, who had coached 1992 Olympic champion Viktor Petrenko and Weir's idol Oksana Baiul. [209] Weir announced his withdrawal from the 20112012 season in June 2011, explaining that he was unable to adequately train for competition because of his "many obligations",[210] but expressed his intention to compete in Sochi. [210] In January 2012, Weir married his partner Victor Voronov, a graduate of Georgetown University Law Center and whose family was from Russia, in a civil ceremony in New York City, five months after the state legalized same-sex marriages. [128][129], Over the summer of 2007, Weir again toured with Stars on Ice. [222] In October 2013, he retired from competition and joined NBC as a figure skating analyst at the Sochi Olympics. ", "They're athletes, they're there to compete," the president said. During NBC Sports' coverage of the women's free skate competition at . Weir, 37, was a few years behind on the circuit, competing for Team USA in 2006 and 2010. [165] Despite his loss, Weir was chosen as favorite skater of the year by the readers of U.S. [228][229] They hosted the closing ceremonies in Pyeongchang, as well as for the 2020 Summer Olympics and for the 2022 Winter Olympics. August 9, 2013 / 3:30 PM Weir finished fifth place at the 2009 U.S. Nationals, the first time since 2003 that Weir did not qualify to compete at the Worlds championships. [17] Weir went into Nationals hoping to become the first American male since Boitano to win his fourth U.S. championships in a row. Figure Skating Championships. Part of the reason for his return was his popularity in Russia. [26], Weir became eligible to compete in the Junior Grand Prix during the 19992000 season, coming in seventh and second place in his two Junior Grand Prix assignments. [162][161][25] Four days later, he was the only American to perform in a charity skating show in Seoul, performing with South Korean champion Yuna Kim; while there, he was hospitalized with the flu and lost eight pounds in one day. Especially vintage Chanel. [comes up]she speaks Russian, and I speak Russian, and Tara doesn't speak Russian . [136] He also changed his choreographer and training routine, and moved out of his family home in Newark, Delaware to an apartment in New Jersey in order to train with Zmievskaya. Be the first to know about all the best fashion and beauty looks, the breathtaking. The ISU has postponed their decision on whether Junior Worlds will be held due . [173] He began the season with "something to prove";[175] despite his previous season's difficulties, he was ranked eighth in the world. Copyright 2023 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. [52] Neither Weir nor Weiss completed quadruple jumps in their free skating programs, whereas the top four placements all performed quads in theirs. Johnny Weir is possibly single. Johnny Weir (no longer an honorary Russian) Adam Rippon. He was in fourth place after the short program, earning 69.03 points. [175], Despite a cold he caught on the flight to Nagano, Weir came in second place in Japan. [34] Weir was in second place after the short program, with a clean skate with all eight required elements. Weir received the best artistic scores, receiving 5.7s for presentation in his free skate. During his interview with CBSNews.com, Weir asked if he could deliver a message in Russian directly to the Russian people; "Hello Russia. He earned 146.20 points in the free skate and 220.25 points overall, beating his runner-up Timothy Goebel by over 20 points. He taught himself to speak and read the language. )[130][131] They came up with the idea for the routine, which was choreographed by Petukhov, on the plane trip back from the Worlds championships. He and Weir tied for first place, both with a combined score of 244.77 points, but Lysacek was named the U.S. champion because following ISU regulations, he won the free skate (162.72 points to Weir's 161.37 points). [124], Weir was not able to successfully defend his title, coming in third overall; Lysacek came in first place, and Bradley came in second place. 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Figure Skating's Skating Magazine. Weir considered his style of figure skating artistic and classical and was known for his lyricism. [174], After the previous season, Weir became depressed and was ready to quit figure skating before the 20092010 season, but his mother talked him into continuing to compete and try to make the U.S. team for the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver. Reactions from non-Russian, non-Ukrainian skaters and elites. A Quebec gay rights group considered filing a complaint; the commentators later apologized on-air. He has come out as openly gay. He successfully completed a triple Axel, a triple lutz-triple toe loop combination, and a triple flip, earning 76.28 points, a little over 2.5 points behind Daisuke Takahashi from Japan, who came in first place after the short program. [15] He later said that horse riding had given him body awareness, preparing him for figure skating. He admitted that his Grand Prix season was "disastrous"[121] and that he had not been skating well going into the 2007 U.S. Nationals in Spokane, Washington. [223][224], Weir had two coaches in his competitive figure skating career, Priscilla Hill, who was, unlike many figure skating coaches, was "nurturing and gentle"[225] and Russian Galina Zmievskaya, who had a different approach to coaching than Hill. [122] According to Weir, both the press and U.S. [3][19], By the time he was 12, Weir was performing single Axels, which he learned after a week of lessons; by the time he turned 13, he learned all the single and double jumps, as well as his first triple jump, the salchow. He earned marks ranging from 5.4 to 5.7 in his technical scores, and 5.6 to 5.8 in his artistic scores, doubling one jump and stepping out of a triple Axel. A post shared by JOHNNY WEIR (@johnnygweir) The original story, first published on February 3, 2022, continues below. [25][27], Weir won the Junior Eastern Sectionals in 1999 and 2000. Does Johnny Weir Speak Russian? [176] At the Rostelecom Cup (previously Cup of Russia), he came in fourth place overall, after placing third place in the short program and sixth place in his "error-filled"[177] free skate, with a cumulative score of 198.55 points. [163][164][165], Weir and Lysacek had dominated U.S. Nationals for the previous five years, but in 2009, Jeremy Abbott, who had won at the Grand Prix final in December, broke that dominance and won the gold medal. He earned 74.26 points. Their connection only came after both had retired from the sport and partnered on the small screen in. "Myself, even, just walking down the street, going to get Starbucks in the morning, and somebody could arrest me just because I look too gay.". [102] Reporter John Crumpacker stated that Weir was "out of sorts for his long program and skated abysmally as he went from second place to fifth". 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