Men's Figure Skating
When it comes to Men’s Figure Skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics it seems to be Evgeni Plushenko against the field.
According to vancouver2010.com, in this event, skaters must complete both a short program (maximum 2 minutes 50 seconds) of required steps, jumps, spins and combinations, and a longer free skating program (4 minutes for ladies, 4 minutes 30 seconds for men), both set to music. The free skate — worth two-thirds of a skater’s final score — allows the athletes to demonstrate their creativity, innovative moves and technical difficulty.
Pleshenko, the defending Olympic champion, is the overwhelming favorite to repeat as the men’s figure skating champion.
Plushenko has odds of 4/9 to win the gold medal in this event according to online sports book Sportsbook.com. Other short odds to win are Evan Lysacek (8/1) and Stephane Lambiel (10/1).
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Odds to win Men’s Figure Skating at 2010 Winter Olympics
Evgeni Plushenko (RUS) 4/9
Evan Lysacek (
Stephane Lambiel (SUI) 10/1
Daisuke Takahashi (JAP) 12/1
Brian Joubert (FRA) 12/1
Patrick Chan (CAN) 12/1
Nobunari Oda (JAP) 12/1
Jeremy Abbott (
Przemyslaw Domanski (POL) 16/1
Johnny Weir (
Michael Brezina (CZE) 33/1
Kevin van der Perren (BEL) 40/1
Stefan Lindemann (GER) 40/1
Samuel Contesti (FRA) 50/1
Takahiko Kozuka (JAP) 50/1
Yannick Ponsero (FRA) 66/1
Tomas Verner (CZE) 66/1
Vaughn Chipeur (CAN) 80/1
Artem Borodulin (RUS) 80/1
Adrian Schultheiss (SWE) 125/1
Posted: 2/13/10 7:37PM ET