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Philip Hersh On International Sports, June 27, 201
Lysacek training again with Carroll
Figure skating gold medalist makes deadline to request spots in 2 of 6 events on fall's Grand Prix circuit
Not long after Evan Lysacek won the 2010 Olympic men's figure skating gold medal, he and his coach, Frank Carroll, agreed on the idea Lysacek was not going to compete anymore.
"It made sense," Carroll said Monday. "He was world champion and Olympic champion. There was not much more for him to go after."
Lysacek, who turned 26 on June 4, has not competed since the Vancouver Olympics. But throughout last winter, when he was on tour with Stars on Ice, the skater from Naperville frequently would call Carroll to say how much he missed skating and intensive training for competition. The coach sensed Lysacek was thinking about a comeback.
Another skater recently had asked Carroll about training with him. The coach would not take that skater if Lysacek wanted to try to compete again, so Carroll told Lysacek he needed to make a decision by mid-June.
Last week, Lysacek was back training with Carroll in Lake Arrowhead, Calif.
He also made the June 21 deadline to request spots in two of the six events on this fall's Grand Prix circuit. Monday, the International Skating Union announced it had assigned Lysacek to the opening event, Skate America on Oct. 21-23 in Ontario, Calif., and the penultimate event, Trophy Bompard on Nov. 18-20 in Paris.
While Lysacek told Carroll he wanted to wait until the fall to decide whether he actually would compete at Skate America, the coach thinks it is likely.
"Knowing Evan, of course he will," Carroll said. "Once he makes up his mind to do something, he does it."
The ultimate goal would be the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.
Lysacek's publicist, Lynn Plage, said Monday the two-time U.S. champion does not want to make a formal announcement of his intentions until later this summer.
Discussing the idea of skating at a third Olympics in a Tribune interview in February, Lysacek said, "I would have to be OK with not winning again. My reason for going back would be the fulfillment in the process of getting there."
A short time ago, Lysacek told Carroll: "Frank, I'm not afraid of losing. I'm not through yet. When a football player wins the Super Bowl, he doesn't stop playing. I feel like that.
"It doesn't matter if I win again. I miss it and I love it."
Carroll said Lysacek has yet to choose music and needs a lot of work on the triple jumps he was not doing in shows.
After one day of training last week, Lysacek was so stiff and sore he needed to take the next day off. Carroll expects the skater back at the rink Tuesday.
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Лайсачек возвращается на любительский лед и выступит на двух этапах Гран-при
Олимпийский чемпион в мужском катании Эван Лайсачек после годичного отсутствия принял решение вернуться на любительский лед, сообщает AP.
В следующем сезоне Лайсачек примет участие в двух этапах Гран-при – Skate America в в Онтарио и в завершающем этапе Trophee Bompard в Париже.
Напомним, что прошлый сезон Лайсачек пропустил из-за насыщенной программы коммерческих выступлений, в том числе в известном в США шоу «Звезды на льду».
В апреле тренер Лайсачека Фрэнк Кэролл назвал возможное возвращение Лайсачека в любители маловероятным.