[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. According to the New York Times, the Russian teenager's "signature . Johnny Weir: It was a great honor to be a part of the winning and losing team. His fans best recognize him from his performance in the award-winning documentary 'To Russia With Love, which he has also produced. [175] In his free skate, he "started off strong"[181] with a triple flip jump and a triple Axel-triple toe loop combination, but lost stamina. [4] He often designed his own costumes or worked extensively with his designers and later was known for his fashion choices as a broadcaster. His first ballet teacher in Delaware Yuri Sergeev was a dancer for the St. Theres a Russian bus and an American bus Weir said matter-of-factly. [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. After completing his free skate, Weir kissed his hand and pounded the ice with it as the audience gave him a standing ovation; he stated, "I was very thankful at that point, and I was thanking the ice in Atlanta for letting me do my best". Lysacek came in second place, and two-time world champion, Stphane Lambiel from Switzerland, came in third. He stepped out of a triple Axel, did too many combination jumps and thus received no points for one jumping pass, and did not complete the third jump of his three-jump combination. [206][207], In early 2011, with the publication of his autobiography, Welcome to My World, he officially came out. When the weather was warmer, he practiced jumps on roller skates in the basement of his family's home. He came in third place in the free skate after Lysacek and Savoie with 142.06 points and a total of 225.34 points. Like the previous year, he competed in regional and minor competitions and came in fourth place at the U.S. Television commentators would bring up his sexual orientation during his performances, causing him to publicly address homophobic remarks by commentators during the 2010 Olympics. [156][157] For the first time in his career, Weir competed at Skate America, the first Grand Prix event of the season. In the short program, despite a fall,[156] he placed second, with 78.15 points. [155], Weir started off the 20082009 season, when he was ranked seventh-best in the world, struggling with skate boot problems; his blades were not aligned properly on the new skates he purchased over the summer and did not have the time to break in replacements. In 2014, he made just $65,000 for his . (Watch the video below.) John Garvin Weir [1] ( / wr /; born July 2, 1984) [2] is an American figure skater and television commentator. [173] Its promotional commercial aired during the U.S. Nationals; Weir later expressed his opinion that U.S. Brian Montopoli is the national reporter and political analyst for CBSNews.com. [102] He accomplished eight out of his planned 13 jumps, replaced a planned quadruple toe loop with a double Axel, and was shaky on his first triple Axel. [25][27], Weir won the Junior Eastern Sectionals in 1999 and 2000. Weir announced the news with a tweet : "I'm married! [25] At Skate Canada, he won the bronze medal. During NBC Sports' coverage of the women's free skate competition at . [122][123] Lysacek's score of 78.99 points was a slim lead of less than one point over Weir's 78.14 points. [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. [75][78] He successfully landed four triple jumps, including his opening triple Axel and a triple lutz-triple toe loop combination, as well as a flying sit spin, circular step sequence, another triple flip, and his concluding spin combination; the spectators gave him a standing ovation when he finished. [comes up]she speaks Russian, and I speak Russian, and Tara doesn't speak Russian . Johnny Weir Condemns the Olympics Decision to Let Kamila Valieva Continue skate Weir has links with Russian coaches, and he's also fluent in Russian. The two-time Olympic figure skater and current NBC analyst loves everything about the country: its language, its people, its history,. "[134] For his free skating program, he worked with Yoav Goren of the pop group Globus, who helped him create a routine to the group's song, "Love is War". [152] Lysacek withdrew from Worlds due to injury; Abbott replaced him as well. Don't misunderstand this wasn't Vin . He stated that although he had performed the program well, he was bored with it and felt it lacked passion and power. The last time he made headlines was in 2016, when he reportedly "blamed Weir for ruining [his] relationship" with ice dancer Joti . 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. 2013 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. [192][194] He also held a press conference to respond to "offensive" remarks made by two Canadian sports commentators about him. Russia has had a hold on Johnny Weir since he was a boy. [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. Feb 18, 2022. [104] Plushenko chose not to compete after the Olympics, so Worlds was open for Weir, Lysacek, Lambiel, and Buttle to win the gold medal. Weir had a classical skating style and was known for being "a very lyrical skater"[3] and "an entertaining artisan". He earned 217.70 points overall; the gold medalist, Brian Joubert from France, earned 15 points more than Weir. Figure Skating, due to his performances during the season and at the 2006 Olympics, and despite his past successes, began to actively support Lysacek over him. [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. Zmievskaya had a more Russian approach and focused on "drill sergeant-like demands for discipline and rigor".[226]. [19][23] Also in his first year of skating (1997), Weir finished fourth as a juvenile in the Junior Olympics and won first place in the South Atlantic Regionals, also as a juvenile. 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. Does Johnny Weir Speak Russian? [144] He opened his program with a strong triple Axel-triple toe loop combination and underrotated his triple Axel, but successfully completed five more clean triple jumps. Johnny Weir is possibly single. 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. He was in fourth place after the short program, earning 69.03 points. After Valieva's performance Tuesday, the broadcasting duo were curt in their analyses of her skate. Weir also two-footed the landing on his triple flip, which was supposed to be part of a combination jump but was not because he eliminated a double-toe loop. [44] He had to compete in the Eastern Sectionals again, coming in first place despite a fall and securing a spot in the U.S. Russian skater Kamila Valieva is at the center of a doping scandal that's rocked the Beijing Olympics. Johnny Weir Tara Lipinski Bravo's Style & Living is your window to the fabulous lifestyles of Bravolebrities. Johnny Weir's instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/johnnygweir/ - , . In his "elegant"[4] short program, Weir completed a triple lutz-triple toe loop combination, but fell on his last jump, a triple flip, scoring 71.25 points. [4] For the Grand Prix season, he was assigned the NHK Trophy in Japan and Trophee Bompard in Paris. / CBS News. [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". Weir was the only American male in medal contention after his short program in Turin,[97][100] skating "well but not brilliantly". [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 technical scores ranged from 5.3 to 5.7 and his presentation scores were as high as 5.8.[53]. [97] He earned 136.63 points in his free skate, coming in fifth place overall, for a total of 216.63 points. [147] In the free skate, even though Weir had not skated a full program in practice for almost two weeks due to his back pain,[148] Weir and Lysacek were evenly matched in their jumps. He came in first place in the free skate, which was described as "somewhat business-like and more suited for the strong technicians rather than the artistic skater Weir is known to be". He did not include a quadruple jump but completed a triple lutz-triple toe loop combination and had higher-scoring spins than Lysacek. 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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. [217], Weir's two Grand Prix slots were the Rostelecom Cup and Trophe Bompard in Paris. Johnny Weir (born John Garvin Weir on July 2, 1984 in Coatesville, Pennsylvania) is an American figure skater. ""I love Russia for what Russia is. He earned 74.26 points. [25][33] He also withdrew, during his free skate, from the 2003 U.S. Championships in Dallas, which gold medalist Michael Weiss called "the most bizarre national championships ever". Gay Olympic hopefulBlake Skjellerupplans to defy anti-gay Russian laws. All of these things, but they can't really be applied to a. [116][117], Weir was in second place after the short program at Cup of Russia, less than two points behind Joubert. [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. [151] Stephen Carriere, the 2007 World Junior champion, came in third place with 228.06 points. 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. He later won three U.S. 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. He earned 122.42 points in his free skate and 198.70 points overall. Goebel finished in second place and Lysacek came in third place. He was the third alternate at the 2000 Junior Grand Prix final, coming in sixth and second place at his two Junior Grand Prix assignments, but won, at the age of 16, the gold medal at the World Junior Championships. [25] Weir stated that along with his relative inexperience with competing and a growth spurt, he struggled with nerves during this period, which affected his performances. Weir continued to train with Hill and with Tarasova in Simsbury for the 20042005 season. [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. [114], Weir started off the season by helping the U.S. men's team come in first place at the Campbell's Skating Challenge. 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. [150][149][137], Weir chose not to compete at the Four Continents Championships due to fatigue; he was replaced by Jeremy Abbott, who came in fourth place at U.S. He also competed in the Cup of Russia in Moscow, although not for points towards the Grand Prix final. [11][12], Weir's father had competed in English saddle events. Figure Skating, as did many of his costume choices. While figure skater Kamila Valieva unraveled, NBC commentators Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir stayed on point at the Beijing Winter Olympics on Thursday. 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 . When Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva performed after failing a pre-Olympics drug test, he was uncharacteristically quiet. [17], In 1992, after Weir and his family watched Kristi Yamaguchi win a gold medal at the Albertville Winter Olympics, his parents bought him a pair of used figure skates, which he used to teach himself to skate on a patch of ice in the cornfields near their home in Quarryville. Lysacek won the silver medal; it was the first time since Rudy Galindo and Todd Eldredge in 1987 American men came in first and second place. Soon after, his family moved to Newark, Delaware, in early 1996, so he could be near his training rink and coach. Be Good Johnny Weir continued where Pop Star on Ice ended, following Weir as he attempted to earn a place on the 2010 U.S. Olympic team. He is learning how to speak Russian and has a. Weir reported that people bought tickets to Stars on Ice just to see the routine in person. he speaks Russian, some French and Japanese. His costume choices and outspokenness caused conflicts with U.S. At the 2008 U.S. Nationals, he tied for first place with Evan Lysacek, 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. But I'm also not afraid of being arrested. He stepped out of his first triple Axel and fell again on his second, injuring his knee to the point that he had to withdraw. He joined NBC as a commentator beginning at the Sochi Olympics in 2014. [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". [153] He did not include a triple-triple combination, and his quadruple jump was downgraded to a double. . 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 . [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". This is a big jump from 2014 when Weir entered the world of broadcasting. [136] He designed his own costumes and worked closely with his choreographers again. 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. Please keep u/HomoCoffiens in your thoughts. Japanese skater Takahiko Kozuka won the gold medal at the event; Lysacek came in third place overall. He also received 5.8s and 5.9s in his technical score. 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. 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 . How does that happen? Weir successfully completed his jumps, but did not attempt a quadruple jump and according to the Associated Press, "generally seemed a bit slow". Weir finished in sixth place overall. 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. During his interview with CBSNews.com, Weir asked if he could deliver a message in Russian directly to the Russian people; "Hello Russia. [101] Weir began his short program with "a smooth triple Axel"[101] followed by the highest-scoring element in his program, a triple lutz-triple toe loop combination. Weir needed a clean skate in his free skate to win the gold medal, but he came in fourth place. [54] He toured with Champions on Ice the summer of 2004, with Cohen, Irina Slutskaya, Elena Sokolova, and his "skating hero",[55] Evgeni Plushenko. 2 min read. [121] As Weir said, "I couldn't outskate the negativity following me into the competition". 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. Figure Skating named Weir to the U.S. World Championships team. [137] According to figure skating reporter Elvin Walker, Weir demonstrated a desire to win and a new passion for skating throughout the season, skating with an intensity he lacked in previous seasons. Meagan Duhamel retweeted this. Figure Skating sent him to the Olympics because of the documentary and series' popularity rather than on the strength of his skating performances. [107] He also appeared in an episode, in which he called "my entertainment TV debut",[108] of My Life on the D-List with comedian Kathy Griffin, in which he taught Griffin how to skate. He has come out as openly gay. In his profile, he says he's a sports commentator at NBC and his. He also had boot problems to overcome, but felt that he had done well. "I strongly disagree with this decision," Lipinski told NBC's Mike Tirico. [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. [58][59] Weir's trip to Japan marked the first time he came "face-to-face"[60] with Johnny's Angels, a group of figure skating fans who supported Weir emotionally and financially. 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. [115] He did not begin to train for the season until August 2006; illness also hampered his training. [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. Both two-footed their quadruple jump (Weir attempted a quadruple toe), both had similar entrances into their jumps, and both completed seven triples. "And if Russia wants to uphold the Olympic spirit, then every judgment should be made on the track, or in the swimming pool, or on the balance beam, and people's sexual orientation shouldn't have anything to do with it. He also doubled a loop jump and singled a flip jump. Johnny Weir is also a successful professional skater. Figure Skating . [105] Weir had been troubled with back pain all week, which was aggravated during the warm-up for the free skate. It was stunning to watch. 10 Johnny Depp - French. [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". Out former Olympic figure skater Johnny Weir - who has been commentating this year's Winter Games alongside fellow former Olympian Tara Lipinski - said he cried after covering the performance. Weir began his short program with a successful triple Axel and a triple lutz-triple toe loop combination. [32] He came in seventh place and fourth place in his two Grand Prix assignments during the 20012002 season, participated in the Goodwill Games and a team pro-am competition, came in fifth place at the 2002 U.S. Nationals, and came in fourth place in the 2002 Four Continents Championships. And I live a life of integrity and success and strength. A troubled personal relationship also affected his performances. [92] U.S. He was in first place after the short program, with marks ranging from 4.9 to 5.8. [127] He came in 10th place in the free skate, earning 132.71 points, and earned 206.97 points overall. Weir considers Russia to be "the most magnificent place in the world," as he put it in an interview with CBSNews.com. supporters.[99]. [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. Former Olympians Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir condemn the decision to allow Russian skater Kamila Valieva to compete following a failed drug test. Apparently fluent in Russian, Weir translated what was being said among Russian. 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. The reason for her divorce was due to domestic difficulties. [30][31], Weir was ranked 18th-best in the world in 2001. 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