men's figure skating.

It's no secret I love the Olympics. And I get very emotional over the Olympics. I can't watch any of the events without crying at some point or another.

Note: I'm probably going to butcher a few last names as I'm not bothering to look them up at the moment.

I had seen Evan Lyseack skate the short program a couple of days ago and it was so moving I had tears running down my face before he had finished. I love stories like that and he looked so happy when he finished. So jubilant. He knew he had skated his best and he had given it his all and no matter what the outcome was, he had nothing to be but proud of himself.

Petrchanco also skated a beautiful program but he looked stoic. There was not the same type of joy on his face that there was on Evan's even though he was also working towards a very interesting goal.

It was the same for the free skate tonight. Lyseack skated a program full of joy, it was light and easy. Experience showed off and it was easy for him. It didn't seem like a struggle. It looked how it was supposed to look, dancing on ice. Petrachanco doesn't have the style I like. He's an amazing skater and I loved it when them compared him to a cat, because he was landing jumps that I, who knows nothing about figure skating, thought were going to be near impossible to land.

I actually thought Evan had the better skate time. First would be a blessing. All the things the commentators were saying about what made it negative seemed to me perfect for Evan. There isn't any time to think about it, no chance to compare yourself to the competitors most likely to be up against you in medal position. You only have a moment or so to re-evaluate from your warm up. Basically just enough time to decide that there isn't anything you can do but trust yourself. Which seems perfect for someone who has that sort of experience under his belt.

But looking at Petchanco's face on the medal podium made me wish they could have both gotten gold meals. He hadn't shown much emotion throughout the competition but when they did a close up on his face you could see the longing in his eyes. Lyceack looked young and happy and Petchanco's face looked a bit sad. He had lost the gold medal.

It wasn't the face of someone who had messed up and lost. It was the face of someone who had skated well and hadn't managed to get it and it was moving. I wish he had shown more of that emotion during his program. But he should be proud. He is a three time gold medaler. Although he might want to think twice about making comments about the quad he does. Obviously it didn't win him a gold medal.