Johnny Weir simple blew my mind. He captivated the essence of figure skating so wonderfully. You could see that his complete mind and soul were devoted to the complex spins and footwork his program comprised of. Unfortunetly the judges didn’t score him as many think they should have. But his program just didn’t contain enough complex jumps to get him a medal. Maybe if he would’ve done the quad things would have turned out differently. But either way Weir skated with his heart and that is something that wasn’t judged.

The Judges message is clear:No Openly gay athlete will be allowed to win a medal ever.
So if u have children who are interested in this sport and they happen t be gay forget it u just wasted your life and theirs because you have no chance of winning if you do not stay in the closet.
What a great message to the world the olympic judges have sent.
What the olympic judges did last night was tell everyone that if your openly gay you have no chance in figure skating… they sent a message ….why would anyone in their right mind put their child in this sport, spend hundreds of thousands of dollars training them and dedicate their life to it when if you happen to be gay you will not win no matter what.
Can anyone please explain to the public who watched the mens figure skating how Johnny Weir was scored lower than:
* DAISUKE TAKAHASHI (Japan, Bronze Medal) Takahashi fell on his first jump in the program, a quad attempt, and landed squarely on his ass. I mean that literally. He slid on his ass for what seemed like an eternity, got up, and finished a program that otherwise had the same degree of difficulty as Weir. His scores were so inflated that NBC cameras actually caught him reacting with shock, not entirely pleasant, that he had scored as highly as he did despite a bad fall and other errors.
* STEPHANE LAMBIEL (Switzerland, 4th Place) Lambiel bobbled nearly every landing and mailed in all his other elements. The crowd seemed to drift off into sleep as Lambiel nearly missed jumps, stumbled from one element to another, and skated in slow motion.
* PATRICK CHAN (Canada, 5th Place) In addition to a fall, Chan’s performance was all over the place. It was unfocused, sloppy, and he couldn’t seem to hit anything right. The commentators were full of excuses for Chan: he’s injured, he changed coaches, he’s too young. He wasn’t too young, however, when he won Silver in the World Championships last March.
Ridiculous.
Why would anyone follow the figure skating sport or become involved when performance is not rewarded but image and behind the scenes deals are.

My friends and I had a get-together at our house last night to watch the Olympics, particularly the men’s figure skating. We were rooting for Evan for the gold, along with Patrick and Johnny to place.
Evan skated beautifully and deserved to win. (Take that Plushenko, you conceited, bombastic fool! Serves you right for talking smack. If you can’t do a quad you don’t deserve gold my ***!)
Patrick didn’t deliver, and we all felt bad for him…
However, overshadowing our elation for Evan was our complete and utter disappointment in the judges for the unreasonably low scores Weir recieved.
He was WONDERFUL and did NOT deserve 6th place. No matter HOW you look at it, he deserved a MUCH, MUCH higher score. 2nd place looked worried at his performance and after the scores were posted the crowd booed… Weir had artistry. He had the precision and technique needed to land all jumps. How he ranked lower than skaters who FELL is beyond me.
It is pure bias and discrimination, and the judges should be ashamed of themselves. Whether or not they want to promote someone who wears fur, is flamboyantly gay, etc. etc. or not is NOT THE ISSUE AT HAND. They need to have the integrity to give recognition where it is due.
My friends and I were completely flabberghasted and immensely proud of the grace with which Weir confronted his unquestionably unfair score. Johnny Weir, I am sure I am not alone when I say that you received a medal in my eyes.
Love, A University of California, Davis student

I think the judges knocked Weir a little for his flamboyance which is a shame because it was a beautiful performance. He should have ranked higher.

While Johnny’s routine lacked the Big Jumps that are necessary these days to get in the top three, I thought the routine was much more beautiful, graceful and moving than those of the other skaters, which often seemed like “fill” between the BJs.
I think he is choosing the Adam Lambert route regarding his sexuality: “I’ll talk about that when I wanted to talk about it, not when you want to know about it.”
Although a work of fiction, Patricia Nell Warren’s “Front Runner” deals with how the Olympics Committees are determined to suppress any gay or lesbian athletes who even think about coming out. I don’t know what will be necessary to break the stranglehold they have on our young athletes, but I wish it would hurry up.

What’s more, the only noticeably major imperfection in Johnny’s performance was a bobble following a spin, which was due to a rut in the ice. Johnny says that in a review of his performance: http://i.nbcolympics.com/video/assetid=d3c4dcad-26ce-4469-893f-423444a385ca.html
If you look at the video of the performance, you will see him eyeing the ice at the rut.

Johnny Weir would have a lot less blowback for his M.O. (and may have even been embraced) had he 1) been enamored with the culture and language of Ireland/Spain/Brazil instead of a country which engenders lingering Cold War sentiments, and 2) said that the pink on his costume represented his commitment to breast cancer research and cure.
Mind you- NOTHING would really be so different, just people’s perceptions and interpretations of same.

JOHNNY, YOU WERE BEAUTIFUL….YOU DESERVED A MEDAL!!!I HAVE BEEN READING SOME DIFFERENT HEADLINES AND TRYING TO LEARN ABOUT JOHNNY WEIR..THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE SAY ABOUT BEING GAY AND ALL ABOVE THAT TOPIC..I THINK I GET TO HAVE AN OPIONION…WHO CARES? HE MAY NOT BE SCOTT HAMILTON OR ELVIS STOYKO, BUT HE IS JOHNNY WEIR AND I HAVE NO IDEA ABOUT BEING GAY, BUT THAT’S HIS BUSINESS…GET OVER IT EVERYONE..HE IS WONDERFUL AND I HOPE TO SEE HIM MORE OFTEN.

Johnny Weir deserved the standing ovation that he received from
the audience. He should have received the fold medal. It is clear
that the Judges had it our for him, probably because he appears
to be trans-sexual. His performance was very artistic and a true
masterpiece. It appears that there is corruption in the judging process. The grading method has changed, and we did not get
to compare the judges. In the past, when the scores of each judge
(from 0 to 6.0) were displayed, it was harder for judges to be
so blatant (because the audience would have known who gave
the low scores).
It is very sad.

I can still remember that dippy, narcissistic Nancy Kerrigan saying that she had no idea so many male figure skaters were gay. Johnny Weir called is sport on its blatant hypocrisy. Good for him.