Cold War on Ice?

One can only imagine the agony that Evan Lysacek went through in 2006, falling ill to a bacterial infection and placing 10th at the Torino Games.

Well, Tuesday night he got his vindication four years later at Vancouver's Pacific Coliseum. In an almost flawless short program performance , the feathered figure skater from Illinois, skated his heart out with an emotional end where he could not stop the tears from falling.

Always the quieter one between himself and rival AmericanJohnny Weir, Lysacek scored an amazing 90.30, second to Evgeny Plushenko's 90.85, with almost a Cinderella like ending.

I'm tempted to root solely for him during the upcoming free skate, but Patrick Chan being on home soil and the underdog tugs at my heart strings and so once again, I'M ON THE FENCE!

V.K.L