[230][231] They also commentated for the 2018 Winter Olympics, as well as for the 2022 Winter Olympics. He successfully completed his triple Axel-triple Axel combination at the start of his program and attempted a quadruple toe jump, but he two-footed it and fell on his triple flip at the end of the program, taking him out of medal contention. [68], At Worlds, Weir continued to struggle with his foot injury, which had given him problems all season and which prevented him from working on adding a quadruple jump to his season's free skate. [190][191] He stayed at the Olympic Village in Vancouver, despite wanting to stay at a hotel, for security reasons. Meagan Duhamel retweeted this. He added that his presence in Sochi could help rally opposition to the anti-gay legislation and the treatment of LGBT Russians. [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". "I can kiss him when I get to my hotel," said Weir. His planned triple toe loop became a double jump, and he left off a double toe loop on his next two combination jumps. [180][181] He skated a clean short program and gave his best performance up to that point in the season, with 78.35 points. [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. [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". He competed at the 2012 Finlandia Trophy, attempting a quadruple jump in both his short program and free skate for the first time, and coming in fourth place overall. [19] Also when he was 12, he began training with Priscilla Hill, who had coached many skaters and won national medals as a competitive skater. [149] Despite protests from Weir's fans and the media, including charges of homophobia, the results stood. 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". Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir didn't hold back expressing their opinions on the figure skating controversy. Luckily for viewers at home, Johnny Weir was there to describe the painful scene every step of the way. He was in first place after the short program, with marks ranging from 4.9 to 5.8. 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. [101] His final elements were a sit spin, a straight-line step sequence, and a combination spin. [34] Weir was in second place after the short program, with a clean skate with all eight required elements. 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. During NBC Sports' coverage of the women's free skate competition at . He now fears that he may never be allowed back in the country to see friends and relatives, and to compete at the Sochi games in six months if he makes the U.S. team. Nationals. [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. He earned 217.70 points overall; the gold medalist, Brian Joubert from France, earned 15 points more than Weir. (See above.) [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 122.42 points in his free skate and 198.70 points overall. Abbott's overall score was a personal best237.72 points, four points more than both Weir and Lysacek's personal best scores. [4][56] He was ranked fifth-best skater in the world. Weir finished in sixth place overall. He later won three U.S. 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. On top of his ability to speak English, he can also speak French. The 15-year-old Russian figure skater, who on Monday was ruled eligible for the 2022 Olympics women's singles competition after a positive drug test surfaced last week, finished first in the . [102][103], At the World Championships, Weir "did not fare so well". [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. In January 2012, he announced his return, in the hopes of competing at the Sochi Olympics; he insisted that it was not a publicity stunt, and expressed his intent to retire after the Olympics. His other notable credits include 'Be Good Johnny Weir' and the Netflix drama ' Spinning Out.' Learn about Johnny weir's age, height, weight, dating, wife, girlfriend & kids. [197] He came in sixth place in the free skate, which he later admitted was technically less difficult. [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. 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His technical score, 79.67 points, was over six points higher than the bronze medalist, Daisuke Takahashi from Japan, but his program component score, 77.10 points, was 7.4 points lower than Takahashi's. Brian Montopoli is the national reporter and political analyst for CBSNews.com. Unlike openly gay speed skater Blake Skjellerup of New Zealand, who hasvowed to wear a gay pride pin if he makes it to Sochi, Weir does not plan to broadcast his sexuality in Russia in a challenge to the law. He struggled completing a combination spin during his short program and told reporters that he had difficulty with his spins and that he almost tripped during his step sequence. Figure Skating Challenge in Boston. [138] At Worlds, Weir was in second place after the short program. 10 Johnny Depp - French. [151] Stephen Carriere, the 2007 World Junior champion, came in third place with 228.06 points. 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). He came out in early 2011[5] and has been involved with LGBTQ activism. Weir popped both his Lutz and loop jumps, but successfully performed his triple Axel-triple toe loop combination and four other triple jumps. [17][83], In October, Weir finished in fourth place at the 2005 Campbell's Classic; he popped both of his triple Axels and earned 114.65 points. [66][65][67], The 2005 U.S. Nationals was the last time the 6.0 system was used at a U.S. [204] He announced his withdrawal from the 20102011 season in July 2010, stating that he wanted to take a year "to explore and reinvent myself as an athlete and artist",[205] although he left open the possibility to return in time for the 2014 Sochi Olympics. [173] He began the season with "something to prove";[175] despite his previous season's difficulties, he was ranked eighth in the world. [217], Weir's two Grand Prix slots were the Rostelecom Cup and Trophe Bompard in Paris. Figure-skating commentators Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir couldn't hide their relief after suspected doping cheat, Kamila Valieva of the Russian Olympic Committee, stunningly plummeted from gold . Johnny Weir (no longer an honorary Russian) Adam Rippon. [130][132][133], Weir began the 20072008 season with "a clean slate" and was "all business". [8][9][10] Weir was raised in Quarryville, Pennsylvania, a rural town in Amish-dominated central Pennsylvania. He is a US Olympian. Figure Skating withdrew their support of him; sportswriter Barry Mittan stated that they "essentially gave up on Weir". [36] He fell and injured his back, but the referee allowed him to continue where he stopped. Ryan Bradley was in third place after the short program, with 73.58 points. Tuesday, however, when Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva performed after failing a pre-Olympics drug test, they were uncharacteristically quiet. 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Valieva left the ice, and Weir, who speaks Russian, interpreted that her coach was offering her critical tips as she . He also received 5.8s and 5.9s in his technical score. JW: . [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. He received low marks for an upright spin because he did not clearly change skating edges. [48] He also won the free skate, even though he did not include a quadruple jump. [19], The 20032004 season was "the turning point" for Weir;[40] Mittan called it "an amazing comeback". Apparently fluent in Russian, Weir translated what was being said among Russian. [46] Weir's short program was not the most difficult, but he had "a clean and elegant skate"[48] with a triple Lutz-triple toe combination, a triple Axel, and a triple flip, all landed successfully. 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 was in fourth place in both his short program and free skate. [198][199] Golden Skate called Weir's free skate a "hauntingly beautiful routine",[200] and reporter David Barron called it "emotional" and stated that his performance "won the crowd to his side". [71] The first half of his program was strong, with five triples in a row, but his foot pain caused him to change his circular step sequence, which resulted in a slip during the sequence and a fall during his opening triple Axel. He told reporters that he felt homesick and nervous moving to a large city and living on his own for the first time in his life, resorting to sleeping with a kitchen knife next to his bed. [105] Weir toured again with Champions on Ice in-between seasons, his longest tour with them to date; he chose Frank Sinatra's "My Way", "for its obvious symbolism", as his performance number. 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. 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. 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