Jeffrey Buttle *Peter Pan*

[bijoufan]

era mai frumos cu sistemul de notare 6.0

[ricochet4]

Este o mare eroare ce spui in legatura cu Oksana Baiul. La lp a sarit 6 triple dintre care una in combinatie. (Youtube - Oksana Baiul - 1994 Olympic Gold Winner)

As fi postat si linkul dar nu suntem pe threadul potrivit.

Nici vorba de asa ceva. Am citit mai demult ca nu ar fi sarit nici o tripla, dar acum, recitind, se pare ca a aterizat o tripla. A ratat si combinatiile, nu a avut nici o tripla in combinatie.

Baiul's program lacked any technical punch until the final seconds, when she rescued the gold medal with a triple-toe jump and a double-axel, double-toe combination jump. She had landed a sloppy triple flip in the first minute, left out two combination jumps, then reduced a triple toe to a double.

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"Nancy did a triple-triple combination and the other skater (Oksana Baiul) did a double axel, double toe, that's a nothing combination," said Josee Chouinard of Canada who finished ninth.

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[lady_k]

Tocmai am citit pe FSU ca bunicul lui Jeff a murit martea trecuta.
Saracul, nici nu se poate bucura pe deplin de medalie....

[ricochet4]

bunicul ?

[lady_k]

Da, bunicul.

[ricochet4]

deci bunicul nu se poate bucura pe deplin ?

[lady_k]

Nu. Asa se intelege? La Jeff ma refeream.

[irinaidu]

hai mai rico ca esti raut cu bunicul

[irinaidu]

sunt in dispozitie de gale si iata ca are si pan una care imi place.
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=VP-jVroV81E

[florik2000]

Things were looking bad for Jeff Buttle in late 2006. Many thought the Canadian figure skater had reached the zenith of his career by winning the bronze medal at the 2006 Olympic Winter Games. In August of the year, he suffered a stress fracture in his back due to over training, and was off the ice entirely for two months. Afterwards, he just practiced edges for another month before resuming full time training in November.

"I didn't need any surgery, just rest," Buttle recalled, "but it was difficult coming back. I felt like I was starting from scratch. I had quite a bit of pain because I hadn't been using my back and it was tight. I had to do a lot of pain management. I still have some residual pain but I'm as fully recovered as I'm going to be."

Buttle's Grand Prix results didn't give any indication that he would have a sterling 2007-08 season. Though he won several Grand Prix events, including the NHK Trophy in 2003, the Cup of China in 2004, and Trophée Bompard in 2005, he had not won in 2006 or 2007. While he was the runner-up at the ISU Grand Prix Final in both 2005 and 2006, he then missed the event for the next two seasons due to his injury. With other skaters performing well in the series, Buttle was not on anyone's radar as a podium favorite in 2008.

The po****r blonde from Smooth Rock Falls has always fared well at Canadian Nationals, winning the title from 2005 to 2007, and never finishing off the podium since 2001. But signs of impending decline were there too when he finished second to upstart Patrick Chan in 2008.

"I knew Patrick was going to be good at Nationals," Buttle noted. "Then he came in the long program and just blew us away. It's great to have that kind of push domestically, but it did motivate me to work even harder."

Unless you're a Japanese lady, not being your national champion does not bode well for the major international season. First up for Buttle was the Four Continents Championships, which has always been good to him. He had amassed a pile of medals from the event since its inception, winning gold in 2002 and 2004, but only a silver in 2007. But on a good note, the 2008 competition was in the Far East where Buttle knew he'd have impressive fan support. Just like the previous season, however, he had to settle for the silver.

"I was pleased with the result," said Buttle of his 2008 silver medal. "I wasn't overly pleased by how I skated, but I think it was a small improvement over Nationals. As long as things are getting better, I'm happy with that. My goal was just to improve on my consistency and have confidence going into Worlds, and I accomplished that."

"I trained great after Four Continents," he continued. "After looking at the protocol, we changed some of the highlights to be more judge-friendly. It was the same elements in the long program, but in a different order to try to show them off better and get more points."

The strategy worked when it was time for the big one - Worlds. After winning the silver medal at the 2005 World Figure Skating Championships, Buttle had not regained the podium at Worlds, placing sixth in both 2006 and 2007. No one expected him to win in 2008, but he did. And he won convincingly, taking both the long and the short program to surpass 2006 World champion Brian Joubert by almost 14 points. He was the only gold medalist at Worlds to win all phases of the competition.

"It was definitely a second chance for me," Buttle noted. "I was in the same position last year, skating last after being second in the short, but I finished sixth. So this year, what was different is that I was much more prepared. I had the intention to go out and skate my best, not worrying about what I don't have, and just enjoy myself. I was very happy with how I skated. When I went out on the ice, it felt just like home."

When Buttle reached the 'Kiss and Cry' area after the long program, he asked his coach if it would be enough. "He said yes," recalled Buttle. "I asked 'good enough for a medal?' and he said 'No, it might be enough for a gold medal'. I don't know if I believed him. Maybe I half believed him. It was just surreal when the marks came up. I was just shocked."

Buttle feels that his win is a testimony to how hard he has worked. Not just the jumps, but on everything. "I was fortunate to skate a clean program. I was training very hard to do that, not just the jumps. We worked whole sessions on spins and everything in between. That is figure skating - everything that happens in those four and a half minutes. It's not just about the jumps."

The 25-year-old shared that he became inspired with skating after watching Kurt Browning and Brian Orser. "It was about the most memorable programs. You remember the program, not what elements they did. That's when I'm most passionate when I skate. I went out there and left everything on the ice and had my heart on my sleeve. I definitely feel that I earned the title. It put a kick in my step."

For his 2007-08 short program, Buttle used a triple flip-triple toe loop combination complemented with a triple Lutz and triple Axel. He also used a triple Axel-triple toe combination to open his long program, which included two other combinations - a triple Salchow-double toe loop and triple Lutz-double toeloop-double loop. His solo jumps included four more triples (Axel, flip, loop and Lutz) and a double Axel.

"I'm always working on the quad toe loop," noted Buttle. "I first landed one in practice at the NHK Trophy in 2002, but it's not consistent. If I can get to 60 percent, I'll put it in the program. I also started back working on the quad Salchow and quad loop last year. I started landing the quad Salchow a while ago, but had stopped working on it. I land some in practice each week, but it's about the same as the quad toe. I'll work on the quads more this summer."

Lately, however, Buttle has been trying to improve his triple toeloop. "It's sometimes good, sometimes ugly. Once I can land the quad toe, adding a triple toe afterwards won't be too hard if I can fix the triple toe." Buttle, however, did have the quad toe-triple toe combination in both his long and short program as far back as 2002.

Rafael Arutunian and Lee Barkell coach Buttle, who splits his training time equally between Lake Arrowhead, California and Barrie, Ontario, Canada. He has worked with Barkell for several years, and with Arutunian since the spring of 2004.

"Having two different perspectives solidified some things in my mind," Buttle said of the dual-coach system that works well for him. "Switching from one style to another helps me identify what I need to work on to improve. Rafael has really helped me to develop consistency and increase my mental strength."

Buttle usually trains for three or four hours a day on ice, six days a week. He also does an hour or two of off ice work every day. "I started with more strength training after my injury so I could handle more impact," he said. "Now I'm doing more plyometrics, Pilates and ballet."

The skater used to do competitive ballet when he was younger, but now just does it for maintenance. "I started in ballet for skating but there was a lack of guys, so I had a partner and did both duets and solos in recitals. But it got to be where ballet was fighting with skating so I had to stop."

Buttle took his dancing skills to the ice, partnering with his sister, Meghan, in ice dancing from ages eight to 12. "That was so long ago that I don't even remember what results we had," he admitted. "I think we made it up to intermediate dance, but I was shorter than she was and she wanted to go on to Nationals. I think I was holding her back because after I quit, she did really well." Meghan went on to compete nationally in ice dancing and internationally in synchro.

Buttle had actually started going to public skating when he was two. "There wasn't much to do in town except skate," he acknowledged, "and I was never a huge hockey fan." By the time he was eleven, he had mastered the double Axel, and at 13, had landed both the triple toeloop and the triple Salchow.

David Wilson choreographs Buttle's programs. "I started with David when I was young and just did what I was told. Now it's more of a collaboration. It makes my programs better and better each year. David and I bring lots of ideas for music to the table and we don't keep it if we don't agree on it. David found the music for the short and I found the music for the long."

For the last part of the 2007-08 season, Buttle used Adios Nonino by Astor Piazzolla for the short and music from the Ararat soundtrack by Michael Danna for the long. Earlier in the season, he used I Pagliacci by Ruggero Leoncavallo for the short, but now uses the music for his exhibition programs.

The music for both programs is the same as for the 2006-07 season. "I only competed them two times," Buttle explained. "I knew from the get go that I was going to keep the long, but I got a new short. After the Cup of Russia, the judges and the federation told me I should go back to my old short. I loved the new one, but I had not competed it well, and I needed to find something in my comfort zone."

The short program is actually a softer version of Adios Nonino. "A lot of people have skated to it before," said Buttle, "but this version is unique. Piazzolla dedicated it to his dying father and I dedicated it to my parents who did so much for me in my skating."

"The long program music is from a Canadian film that was on television," he continued. "I loved the music when I saw the film. Since the music is Armenian, and Rafael is Armenian, it was a perfect fit."

Last summer, I Pagliacci was one of the first pieces of music Buttle and Wilson listened to. "We wanted to so something more theatrical," said Buttle, "but it was too far out of my comfort range. I loved it and didn't want to get rid of it ,so we re-edited it to add the operatic part and used it for the gala."

Buttle is immensely po****r in Asia, where Korean and Japanese fans accord him the status of a rock star and shower him with gifts at each event in the Far East. He appreciates their interest. "I look through everything and bring some of the presents home for family and the younger skaters at the rink," he said. "Some of the others I give to charitable organizations. I keep all the letters to write back."

The 2010 Olympics in Vancouver will be Buttle's last hurrah. "I'm getting up there in age and there's other stuff I want to do," he shared. "I have a blast in Stars on Ice and I want to do more shows while I'm still young. I only got to do 12 shows last year and by the end of the last one, I wished I could keep going."

Buttle also deferred his studies at the University of Toronto when he started going to California in 2005. "They've been really good about it, but I want to finish my degree in chemical engineering. I've only got one full year finished now. I'll probably stay involved in skating, probably in choreography because I'm more passionate about the creative side of skating. Working with David has made me fonder of that end of it. Every year I become more and more involved."

The athlete trained as a judge under the old scoring system and currently serves on the Skate Canada Officials Advisory Committee. "I've studied the new system enough to compete," said Buttle, "but not to judge. And we have callers come to the rink to evaluate my programs to see if we've interpreted the rules correctly. I doubt that I'll judge in the future."

To relax, Buttle listens to all kinds of music. "I like rock, classical and a variety of different music," he said. "I also like to hang out with my friends and family. I tried to watch all of the movies that were nominated for the Oscars. I like good films in any genre." Buttle also likes to read, mainly comedies. He also likes to go to the beach for holidays. The skater is also an active volunteer for local charities including the Alzheimer's Society, Sunnybrook Hospital and Royal Victoria Hospital.

[praf_de_stele]

yey...ii place rock`ul atunci e baiat bun...
eu chiar m`am bucurat ca a castigat medalia de aur...a meritat`o

[Iulya]

Buttle preparing new programs in California
World champion still not sure he will add quad next season

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By Laurie Nealin, special to icenetwork.com (07/16/2008)


Jeffrey Buttle takes what he calls "nature walks" several times a day when he is training in Lake Arrowhead, Calif., -- not for pleasure, mind you, but out of necessity.

It seems that the tree-shrouded cottage in which the world champion lives while working with coach Raphael Arutunian is impenetrable when it comes to communicating via cellphone, so Buttle takes his Blackberry outside in search of a signal.

"I'll take one step to the left," said the three-time Canadian champ when informed that a strange echo was distorting his voice during an interview with icenetwork.com.

Buttle arrived in California about a week ago after working with choreographer David Wilson in Toronto to create his new programs for the 2008-09 season.

His short program is set to a piano and strings composition by Ryuichi Sakamoto. Buttle describes the piece, entitled "May in the Backyard," as "very avant-garde in its style, yet with a classical feel."

"It's really cool. When I asked David about it, he loved it. It's kind of playful in parts, then sharp in other parts. It brings out my personality. At the same time, it's doing something I've never really done before," Buttle said.

The long program is a "very classic, very clean" piece by British composer Gerald Finzi. Buttle said he downloaded it onto his iPod without realizing it, but when he heard it he was immediately attracted to the music. It is entitled "Eclogue," a word which means a literary or musical poetic verse.

This week, Buttle is headed to South Korea where the who's who of the sport will perform in two Superstars on Ice shows this weekend. Then, it's off to Japan for four shows headlined by his female counterpart Mao Asada. Buttle reported that Evgeny Plushenko and Evan Lysacek will perform in Korea, while Sasha Cohen is slated to skate in both countries.

The global travel should prove to be a good warm-up for the season ahead which will see Buttle travel to Beijing for the Cup of China and, hopefully, back to Seoul for the Grand Prix Final.

The Cup of China comes on the heels of the Skate Canada event, but that doesn't faze Buttle in the least since he reports never having suffered jet-lag when traveling to Asia.

"I might get affected a little bit on the way back. Traveling to Europe affects me more. I'm not really sure why. The first night I just make sure I don't fall asleep too early and then my body is pretty quick at adjusting to schedules," said Buttle, who won the 2004 Cup of China in Beijing.

Buttle has not committed to any summer competitions as yet, preferring to wait and see how well his programs progress. If he were to do a competition, it would be the Thornhill event which is held in the Toronto area in mid-August.

After returning from Asia, Buttle will train for a few more weeks in California before heading home to his training site in Barrie, Ontario, where he will also perform on Aug. 7th with a star-studded cast in the annual Mariposa Gala, a fundraiser for a local hospital.

"This year's show is going to be so awesome. There are so many great skaters performing," he noted.

Buttle is the third world men's champion from Canada to come out of the Mariposa school. Brian Orser was the first, followed by Elvis Stojko.

"It's crazy, really. They have everyone's names and their international and national results on these boards. It's pretty cool that I can join that Barrie club," said Buttle, whose own stats have not yet been updated to mark his global win last March.

"Maybe they are waiting until after the [2010] Olympics," Buttle chuckled.

In response to the question that Buttle is perennially asked about his intentions to get a quadruple jump into his repertoire, he said he will focus on training that jump once his physical strength is back up to championship form later this summer. As for the changes the ISU made -- increasing the points awarded for quads while also taking greater deductions if the attempt fails -- Buttle said his intent is to have his quad so consistent that the risk of missing it is a non-issue.

So far, the highlight of Buttle's summer has been performing outdoors in Sun Valley, Idaho, at one of the legendary summer ice shows held there. He described last weekend's new experience as "really neat, really cool."

The last time Buttle skated outdoors was at the annual opening of an outdoor ice rink last December in Barrie. It was -20 Celsius for that outing.

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[irinaidu]

iulia, te-ai pus pe adunat stiri !!! mersi !!!

[Iulya]

Jeffrey Buttle retires from figure skating
Last Updated: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 | 7:37 PM ET Comments23Recommend72


Reigning world champion Jeff Buttle is retiring from figure skating, saying that he's satisfied with everything he has accomplished in his career.

Buttle, 26, started considering his options following his world championship victory in Sweden this past spring.

"After a few months, and after I recovered from the high, I decided to look at everything I've accomplished," Buttle told reporters at a Toronto hotel on Wednesday. "And coming to this decision, I had to make sure that I was proud and satisfied with everything that I've done. At that point, I was sure."

Buttle said the lure of competing for Canada at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver gave him pause to think about continuing on, but in the end, the world champion decided enough was enough.

"That was definitely the battle that was going on in my mind. I had to figure out if that was something that I really wanted," Buttle explained. "After the world championship, I was so happy with winning that I had to reflect on how important that was to me and having the Olympics here in Vancouver is important to me but winning them wasn't. It just wasn't in my heart."

Lee Barkell, Buttle's coach of 18 years, said the one thing that stood out about Buttle above all else was his genuine joy and passion for the sport.

"That was something he was able to maintain during his entire career, through all the ups and downs," said Barkell, who was also impressed by the drive and commitment Buttle displayed at all times.

"Every single day he skated, he was on a mission," Barkell said.

An engineering student at the University of Toronto, Buttle said he intends to continue to pursue his degree and participate in some professional figure skating shows. He also wants to stay involved with the sport and help Skate Canada in some way.

"Jeff has been a leader and ambassador for our sport and country over the years. He has embraced his role as a Canadian champion, world champion and Olympian by being a role model for young skaters in Canada and will continue to be involved and support Skate Canada," said Skate Canada CEO William Thompson.

Buttle made his senior international debut in the 2001-2002 season, placing second at a Grand Prix event in Japan.

He then placed third at the Canadian championships and first at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships.

During the next six seasons, he climbed steadily through the ranks of international skating.

In addition to winning three national titles (2005, 2006 and 2007), he won a bronze medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino. In sixth place after a flawed short program in Italy, Buttle turned in a solid free skate to land on the medal podium.

Buttle won a gold (2008) and a silver (2005) in the world championships.

At this year's worlds in Sweden, he placed first in both programs and won the title by a wide margin.

Though he didn't attempt the vaunted quadruple jump, Buttle finished almost 14 points ahead of defending champion Brian Joubert of France.

With that victory, he became the first Canadian man to win a world title since Elvis Stojko in 1997.

"Representing Canada around the world has been an honour and I'm very proud of my achievements as a competitive figure skater," Buttle said. "I've had so much support throughout my career and I'll be forever grateful to my fans, coaches and of course, my family."

[Tracoromana]

Mie una imi pare rau ca se retrage. Tocmai incepuse sa imi placa, mai ales dupa showul Supermatch Koreea cand m-a amuzat placerea lui de a patina...

[praf_de_stele]

nu pot sa cred...

[Cristinush]

Pe bune?! wow, nici nu ma gandeam...desi..poate e mai bine pt el sa se retraga dupa o victorie mare, decat s-o dea in bara la vreo competitie majora. oricum, ramane acelasi simpatic peter pan

[irinaidu]

si pe mine m-a socat. nu imi pare rau in mod deosebit dar sunt mirata. probabil ca omului chiar ii place sa patineze dar nu si sa fie in competitie. am observat asta la mai multi. ce e drept e ca spiritul competitie nu e tot una cu talentul. si cred ca presiune asupra lui acum ca olimpiada e in vancouver era cam mare.
dar asta totusi ma bucura dintr-un punct de vedere. dupa worlds anul asta brian nu a mai ales sa faca urmatoarele programe cu kurt browning. nu se stie de ce. si toata lumea a zis ca e din cauza ca canadienii l-ar fi obligat pe kurt sa nu il mai ajuta pe brian si sa-l ajute pe jeff pt olys. e clar acum ca treaba asta nu e adevarata.

[mikeyy]

Eu cred ca a intervenit ceva...poate si-a dat seama ca nu va putea face fata competitiei de anul acesta si decat sa aiba parte de un rezultat slab mai bine se retrage......e de apreciat ca stie cand sa se retraga.
De asemenea poate se va razgandi pt Vancouver....e la el acasa olimpiada si chiar daca va avea un rez mai slab nimic nu se compara cu prezenta la o editie a JO organizata in propria tara.
Mai e un lucru de luat in seama...cat de mult a evoluat Patrick Chan....si asta poate fi un factor!

Nu-mi cade bine cand aud ca se retrag marii campioni!

[irinaidu]

mie nu-mi cade bine cand aud de patrick chan. oricat nu m-ar interesa jeffrey buttle macar el cand ii ieseu lucrurile era digerabil si are unele showuri de gala chiar faine. dar patrick chan ma face sa ma duc sa-mi incalzesc ceva de mancare pana termina el rutina.

mihai, dar daca jef nu participa la nici o competite preolimpica cum s-ar putea califica pt olys??? intreb pt ca nu stiu exact mecanismul.

[mikeyy]

Nu trebuie sa participe el neaparat...fiecare tara isi castiga locurile. Canada fiind tara gazda, cred ca va avea 3 locuri asigurate, indiferent ce vor face la mondialele din 2009.