What is the total score of Evan Lysacek in the recent Skate America?”
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. — If you haven’t heard, the latest person to land the role of James Bond stands 5 feet 3 inches tall, weighs well under 100 pounds, wears her hair in a tight bun and is the runaway favorite to win the Olympic gold medal in women’s singles skating. Kim Yu-Na, 19, has spent the past four years firing up enormous expectations, and Saturday night she showed how close she is to meeting them. She obliterated the competition in the women’s short program at Skate America, setting a new world record for points with a performance to a medley of James Bond tunes that made her seem about as well-suited to the role of 007 as Roger Moore. By the time she finished her sultry dance, coming out of a spin and firing an imaginary gun, she had sent the crowd into the sort of frenzy Michelle Kwan used to generate, and her performance overshadowed even American Evan Lysacek’s gold-medal performance in the men’s free skate later. “When that music starts, she just goes into this other state
Evan Lysacek captured the men’s title and Yu-Na Kim captivated judges and crowd alike in the ladies’ short program Saturday at the Skate America figure skating Grand Prix. The two reigning world champions lived up to their billing, America’s Lysacek turning in a strong free skate to claim the first Skate America title of his career. Lysacek didn’t display the brilliance that marked his short program on Friday, but he had plenty to seize the men’s title ahead of Canada’s Shawn Sawyer. Lysacek’s free skate included seven triple jumps. He finished with crowd-pleasing footwork and an impressive combination spin. His total of 237.72 points was comfortably in front of Sawyer’s 203.91. American Ryan Bradley was third.
