[97] He earned 136.63 points in his free skate, coming in fifth place overall, for a total of 216.63 points. Brian Montopoli is the national reporter and political analyst for CBSNews.com. In the short program, despite a fall,[156] he placed second, with 78.15 points. [63] Weir later said that his win in Paris "signaled my ascendancy on the international stage". Johnny Depp is very well known for his movies including the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, Edward Scissorhands, Charlie & the Chocolate Factory, and more. Tarasova had been pushing to create a short program for Weir with Saint-Sans' music since the two began working together, believing that his "naturally quiet and delicate way on the ice mirrored the mellow cello piece". He is a US Olympian. He finished third at the 2007 U.S. Nationals and replaced his long-time coach Priscilla Hill with Galina Zmievskaya for the 20072008 season. Skating last, he put a hand down on his opening triple Axel, popped his second triple Axel, and fell out of his triple salchow. When 15-year-old Russian skater Kamila Valieva took to the ice Tuesday in her purple chiffon skating dress to warm up for the women's short program, NBC analysts Johnny Weir and Tara Lipinski . ", There has been growing outrage over Russia's anti-gay laws, with figures includingStephen Fry,Harvey Fierstein and Jay Leno evoking Nazi Germany, which held the 1936 Olympic Games under Hitler's leadership; President Obama told Leno this week that American and other nations would not tolerate gay athletes being singled out by Russia, which he said has "a big stake in making sure the Olympics work. [101] He earned a personal-best score of 80.00 points, the third-highest score of the new system, and second-best behind Plushenko, who was in first place after the short program. 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 . It was the first time since 1994 that no American male won medals at the World Championships. I know about Chanel. He made several mistakes, finished in 10th place, and decided that he was not in good enough physical condition to participate in the 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. [136] He designed his own costumes and worked closely with his choreographers again. 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. [216] He later told reporters that he was nervous, that his legs felt stiff, and that the competition was the hardest thing he had done in his career. . Outspoken Weir Will Be Quiet on Russian Law When he works as a figure skating analyst at the Sochi Games, Johnny Weir said he would not speak out against a Russian law that is viewed as antigay.. Weir hopes that his mere presence in Russia will speak louder than any vocal protest. Ryan Bradley was in third place after the short program, with 73.58 points. [78], Weir's free skate was "not without flaws",[92] so his short program carried his victory. [17] Weir went into Nationals hoping to become the first American male since Boitano to win his fourth U.S. championships in a row. [75][91] He later told reporters, "For this one, they kind of sat back and had their cognac and their cigarettes and they were relaxing and watching", compared fellow competitor Ryan Bradley's faster-paced choreography to "a vodka-shot-and-a-snort-of-coke kind of thing", and then said, "Uh, sorry for all those drug references". [232] Weir's commentating style was met with fixed responses from figure skating fans and skaters. "The Olympics are about how well you're able to perform in front of a huge audience, and it's not about whether you're gay or straight or who you're friends with or anything that's not related to the sport.". 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. [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. [170], In June 2009, Weir's documentary Pop Star on Ice premiered during the Frameline Film Festival in San Francisco and aired at film festivals around the U.S.[171][172] In January 2010, it premiered in Manhattan and aired on the Sundance Channel, which funded its filming and production. He was ready to quit figure skating before the 20092010 season, but ended up qualifying for the 2010 Winter Olympics by winning bronze at the 2010 U.S. Nationals. [149] Despite protests from Weir's fans and the media, including charges of homophobia, the results stood. [153] He did not include a triple-triple combination, and his quadruple jump was downgraded to a double. 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. [203] The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Discrimination (GLAAD) launched a protest against the tour, claiming that it was "a clear jab at his perceived sexual orientation",[203] but Smucker's, the tour's biggest sponsor, said that GLAAD's information was inaccurate, and that Stars on Ice did not have enough room for Weir. [104] Plushenko chose not to compete after the Olympics, so Worlds was open for Weir, Lysacek, Lambiel, and Buttle to win the gold medal. [189], Weir came into the Olympics "a legitimate medal threat",[176] although he did not anticipate winning a medal and suspected that it would mark the end of his competitive career. Weir's figure skating career has given him the platform to speak his mind. [4] He often designed his own costumes or worked extensively with his designers and later was known for his fashion choices as a broadcaster. [114] He came in fifth place in the free skate, with 121.38 points, over 40 points less than Joubert's free skate score, and came in second place overall, with a total score of 196.28. [24], During the 19971998 season, Weir won regional and other minor competitions as a novice in single skating and came in third place in the novice division at the U.S. National Championships. [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. [230][233] Weir named fellow figure skater and commentator Dick Button as an influence on his commentating style. As a professional sports commentator, he receives a payroll of $38,486 per year. [211][212] In 2013, Weir began writing a weekly column in the Falls-Church News Press, a newspaper published in the Washington, D.C. [64], Weir came in second after Plushenko at the Cup of Russia, the first time they competed against each other after the implementation of the IJS. [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". In the free skate, Weir skated immediately after Lysacek, whose performance made the crowd leap to their feet. [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. - , . Weir was ahead of the reigning world champion, Stphane Lambiel from Switzerland, who was in third place, and the world silver medalist, Jeffrey Buttle of Canada, who was in fourth place. In 2001, he won the World Junior Championships. [30][31], Weir was ranked 18th-best in the world in 2001. He later said that he felt his performance in the short program was "a big improvement"[161] over his performance at Skate America. [156][157] For the first time in his career, Weir competed at Skate America, the first Grand Prix event of the season. Priscilla Hill was his first coach. ""I love Russia for what Russia is. Johnny Weir is fluent in Russian, and therefore was able to communicate with Russian figure skaters Kamila Valieva and Alexandra Trusova backstage. Figure Skating, as did many of his costume choices. Weir, along with Goebel and Lysacek, were chosen to represent the U.S. at the 2005 Worlds Championships. Learn about Johnny weir's age, height, weight, dating, wife, girlfriend & kids. He received two injections an hour before performing his short program. He also downgraded another triple jump to a double, and failed to complete a three-jump combination and double-jump combination late in his program. He missed two triples in his free skate but placed third in the short program with 206.79 points, fourth in the free skate with 75.15 points, and earned a total of 131.64 points. Feb 18, 2022. If you were able to watch the episode at home, you'd hear Johnny Weir describe the painful scene every step of the way. [102][103], At the World Championships, Weir "did not fare so well". Figure Skating. [180][182] He successfully accomplished all his triple Axels in both programs. "While I may not be the average, normal person living 9 to 5 and doing my work and going home and having a relationship, I'm normal," he said. [62] He again did not include any quadruple jumps, choosing instead to emphasize his artistry, spins, and pirouettes. A troubled personal relationship also affected his performances. [178][179] He later said that his Russian fans gave him the encouragement to continue and perform better at the NHK Trophy, his next Grand Prix slot. Weir was raised in Quarryville, Pennsylvania, winning several equestrian competitions before switching to figure skating at the age of 12. Hill trained Weir in pair skating to strengthen his skating and to focus on skills other than jumps. He earned 122.42 points in his free skate and 198.70 points overall. He won the event, taking in 64 percent of the fans' votes, via in-stadium voting, telephone, and the internet. He earned 146.20 points in the free skate and 220.25 points overall, beating his runner-up Timothy Goebel by over 20 points. His triple Axel was successful, but it was supposed to be part of a two-triple jump combination. 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). Fans are now wondering if and why Weir speaks Russian. Weir and Lipinski both used them . [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. His rival Lysacek, who had beaten Weir the last three times they had competed internationally, was seeking his first Nationals title. He also doubled a loop jump and singled a flip jump. By Lee Moran Feb 17, 2022, 04:32 AM EST | Updated Feb 17, 2022 )[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. [62] Weir "skated elegantly"[62] in his free skate, but doubled his three planned triples in the second half of his program, which hurt his technical scores. [78][79] He later reported that the initial reaction to it was laughter and that he told reporters, when they asked about the red glove, that he had named it "Camille", in honor of the piece's composer. [218] A few days later, he announced that he would withdraw from Trophe Bompard due to a hip injury, putting his comeback attempt on hold. (Weir has stiff competition in his quest; the team will be selected in January.) He stated that although he had performed the program well, he was bored with it and felt it lacked passion and power. He qualified to compete at the Grand Prix final, where he won the bronze medal. [180][181] He skated a clean short program and gave his best performance up to that point in the season, with 78.35 points. The normally loquacious NBC commentators Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir barely said a word during the drug-scandalized 15-year-old's performance. [118] Weir competed at the Grand Prix Final, but had to withdraw after the short program due to an injury to his right hip from a fall. Figure Skating sent him to the Olympics because of the documentary and series' popularity rather than on the strength of his skating performances. [35] He felt confident going into the free skate, but hit the rink wall 23 seconds after he started, catching his blade between the ice and wall while doing a "simple crossover". In October 2013, Weir retired from competition and joined NBC as a figure skating analyst at the Sochi Olympics. Copyright 2023 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. [143] Weir also won the gold medal at Cup of Russia, beating Lambiel by over 11 points. He had a natural talent for jumping. [114], Weir started off the season by helping the U.S. men's team come in first place at the Campbell's Skating Challenge. Nationals. [37], The only Grand Prix competition U.S. [158][159][160] Both Weir and Lysacek made minor errors in their short programs, but Weir did well, even though it was early in the season. [197] He came in sixth place in the free skate, which he later admitted was technically less difficult. [219] He also did not compete at the 2013 U.S. Nationals, but still hoped to make the U.S. Olympic team in 2014. At the 2000 U.S. Nationals, he was the only competitor in the junior division who attempted a triple Axel in his short program, but despite falling, the judges put him in first place. [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. He later won three U.S. I am with you," he said into our camera, "I wish. Weir later told reporters that he was disappointed in his spins, but his footwork sequences were "spectacular", and he scored 80.55 points. In 2014, Weir designed Olympic gold medalist Yuzuru Hanyu's costume for his free skating program, worn during the Sochi Olympics. He worked with choreographers Faye Kitariev and Viktor Petukhov to compose a Russian rock opera based upon Svetlana Pikous' song, "Yunona I Avos. He received low marks for an upright spin because he did not clearly change skating edges. Well, I can't wait to see what Weir and Lipinski say about Lipnitskaia once the women's individual competition starts. He may have been more fluent in Russian than Olympic Committee officials, but Weir translated what they said to medal winner Aleksandra Trusova. [42], U.S. [22] Rudden and Weir won the South Atlantic Regionals and qualified for the Junior Olympics in juvenile pairs that first year, and in intermediate pairs the following season. [206][207], In early 2011, with the publication of his autobiography, Welcome to My World, he officially came out. [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. At first, they received a great deal of resistance from U.S. Johnny became interested in figure skating when he was 11 years old while watching Oksana . [146] Weir won the short program, with 83.40 points, 1.35 points separating he and Lysacek. [153] Weir won his first worlds medal, a bronze, with a total score of 221.84 points, and secured three slots for the American men in the 2009 Worlds championship. 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 (2004 . [116][117], Weir was in second place after the short program at Cup of Russia, less than two points behind Joubert. He has come out as openly gay. Violence against gay Russians has been a longstanding issue, with at leasttwo murders seemingly motivated by anti-gay sentiment taking place this year. He also had boot problems to overcome, but felt that he had done well. Figure Skating named Weir to the U.S. World Championships team. Weir is a collector of Russian Cheburashka memorabilia. 2011 ended with a bang for Olympic figure skater Johnny Weir, as he married his boyfriend, Victor Voronov, on Dec. 30. He was in fourth place after the short program, earning 69.03 points. [86] Weir, "on the comeback trail",[87] won third place overall at Cup of Russia. [19], The 20032004 season was "the turning point" for Weir;[40] Mittan called it "an amazing comeback". [187] Longman also called Weir's free skate "oddly passive and stumbling". [41] Working with Tarasova gave Weir the confidence he needed to recover from the previous season. No more livin' in sin . [184][185], Weir placed third overall at the 2010 U.S. Nationals, with 232.09 points. Former Olympians Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir condemn the decision to allow Russian skater Kamila Valieva to compete following a failed drug test. [115], In the short program, both Weir and Lysacek skated clean programs and were essentially tied going into the free skate,[115][122] although Weir had better footwork and Lysacek had better jumps. But I'm also not afraid of being arrested. Weir arrived late to the stadium for his free skate, blaming it on missing the bus from the athletes' village and not being told of a schedule change, which put him 90 minutes off his routine. His footwork was difficult, but as the AP also said, he "appeared to just be going through the motions with it". Weir, 21, who grew up on a Pennsylvania farm, showed up at practices for these Olympics wearing a CCCP jacket of the former Soviet Union. The last time he made headlines was in 2016, when he reportedly "blamed Weir for ruining [his] relationship" with ice dancer Joti . Tuesday, however, when Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva performed after failing a pre-Olympics drug test, they were uncharacteristically quiet. Figure Skating assigned to Weir that season was "the second tier" Finlandia Trophy. [122] Weir came in fourth place in the free skate, with 135.06 points. [146][149] Weir followed up his quadruple toe with a triple Axel-triple toe combination, a triple Lutz, and a triple Axel. Weir began his short program with a successful triple Axel and a triple lutz-triple toe loop combination. 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. [48] He was also the youngest male skater, at the age of 19, to win the U.S. Nationals since Todd Eldredge won in 1991, also at the age of 19. The Olympic charter bars political gestures during the Games, which means that an athlete could theoretically be sanctioned for speaking out against the anti-gay laws, though it seems unlikely that the International Olympic Committee would take such a step. [42][46][48][49][50] Weir also stated, about his performance: "It was a cool feeling to be written off and then come back to show them what I am made ofI hope I shut up everyone who counted me out". On 30th December of the year 2011, he exchanged vows with his partner Victor Voronov, who is of Russian Jewish descent. [72], Weir continued to train with Hill and Tarasov for the 20052006 season, when he was ranked seventh-best in the world. Although Weir was hesitant at first, he agreed to introduce the progam during the 2006 Olympic season. It was stunning to watch. Ukrainian posters active on this sub. Mutko later added, however, that the rights of athletes "will be protected" when it comes to their private life. [233], Weir and Lipinski were fashion analysts and correspondants for the Oscars, dog shows, the Kentucky Derby, the Super Bowl, and the 2016 Summer Olympics. [144][134], Despite severe back pain, Weir felt better trained going into the U.S. Nationals than ever before. [169], After the free skate, in which Abbott earned over 13 points more than the second-place finisher Brandon Mroz, Lysacek came in third place and Weir came in fifth place, with what the Associated Press (AP) called "two dismal performances". "Because that's what I'm trained to do and that's what I've devoted my life to.". [72] He finished in fourth place, behind "surprise bronze medalist"[72] and teammate Evan Lysacek. [34], Philanthropist Helen McLoraine, who had helped support Weir and other skaters financially for many years, fell leaving the rink after a skating session in Dallas and died, something that added to his sense of "personal failure andpainful loss". Nationals. [160], Despite battling a cold, Weir came in second place at the NHK Trophy, earning a total of 236.18 points. [92][93] After his win, Weir told reporters, "My mom is getting drunk already". [181][183], At the Grand Prix final, all six qualifiers, including Weir, had skated in at least one previous final; Golden Skate called it "one of the most equally matched fields in several years". [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. [61] He also won Trophee Bompard[25] with a score of 208.10 points, despite coming in second in the free skate, behind French skater and European champion Brian Joubert, who came in second place overall. [36] He fell and injured his back, but the referee allowed him to continue where he stopped. Weir's scores in his free skating program were the best among the male skaters since 1988, when Brian Boitano earned eight 6.0s for presentation. [213], In the fall of 2011, Weir began to quietly train for a possible return to competitive skating. Weir continued to train with Hill and with Tarasova in Simsbury for the 20042005 season. [68] Weir had "the heavy burden of defending a title for the first time",[69] but he was able to control his nerves and win his second Nationals title in a row and the first repeat U.S. Nationals championship since Michael Weiss in 1999 and 2000. [65][66][4] With his two Grand Prix wins, Weir became the top qualifier for the Grand Prix final but had to withdraw because of a foot injury. [89][90], At the 2006 U.S. Nationals, Weir was the first male skater to win three consecutive U.S. titles since Brian Boitano almost 20 years previously. [165] Despite his loss, Weir was chosen as favorite skater of the year by the readers of U.S. [98] According to Variety, Weir's habit of wearing "retro Soviet CCCP sweatshirts" instead of USA clothing during the Olympics angered many U.S. [166] It was the first time since 2003 that Weir did not qualify to compete at the Worlds championship. Weir opened his short program with a triple Lutz-triple toe loop combination, followed by a triple Axel and a triple flip, earning marks ranging from 5.0 to 5.7. Lysacek's total score was 169.89, which was the highest score, by almost 19.5 points, earned by a male skater at the U.S. Nationals, and over 50 points more than Bradley's final score of 219.21 points. Skating news related to the war. [204][215] He came in sixth place in the free skate, earning 132.39 points; he earned 201.42 points overall. 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[121], Shortly before Nationals, former figure skater and analyst Mark Lund, who was openly gay, speculated about Weir's sexuality on television; Weir chalked it up to jealousy. He became eligible to compete in the Junior Grand Prix during the 19992000 season and won the 2001 Junior World Championship. The following season (20002001), Weir competed as a senior for the first time, coming in sixth place at the U.S. Nationals despite "a bad hip flexor injury",[28] and winning the Eastern Sectionals as a senior. If two-time Olympic figure skater Johnny Weir wins one of two spots to represent the United States at the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia, he may have more to worry about then just trying to win a medal. [25], In the 20022003 season, which figure skating reporter Lou Parees called "disastrous" for Weir,[4] he skated in one international competition, the Finlandia Trophy and withdrew from the Cup of Russia. 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. Weir finished in sixth place overall. 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. Weir considered his style of figure skating artistic and classical and was known for his lyricism. He fell again during his free skate, and ended up in fifth place, while Evan Lysacek, in their first meeting in competition, came in first, even though Lysacek was in fifth after the short program. [186] Sports reporter Jer Longman of The New York Times, who said that Weir's costume overwhelmed his skating, thought that he "seemed cautious during his jumps before relaxing with a head-bopping playfulness". His primary source of income is his career as a figure skater and sports commentator. [96] Weir received death threats during the Olympics and received "nasty e-mails" for several months afterwards, personal attacks that "targeted his love for things Russian and even his sexual preferences". Johnny Weir and Tara Lipinski weren't about to stick to skating as Kamila Valieva of the Russian Olympic Committee returned to the ice, cleared to compete by the Court of Arbitration for Sport . [202] In March 2010, CNN reported that Stars on Ice denied charges that they did not hire Weir for the year's tour because Weir was not "family friendly enough". Weir skated in the final ISU-sanctioned competition of the season, the 2004 Marshall's World Figure Skating Challenge. [25][27], Weir won the Junior Eastern Sectionals in 1999 and 2000. Both two-footed their quadruple jump (Weir attempted a quadruple toe), both had similar entrances into their jumps, and both completed seven triples. 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