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Say, we said in the intro, a surprise, it wasn't a surprise. >> he skated a complete program and i think -- and what was interesting about his program is that he was really able to take advantage of the new scoring system, which rewards skaters who attempt tougher jumps later on in their program. he did that. what the russian skater is taking an issue with is that the fact he attempted and successfully landed a quadruple axel. he believes you're not a male skater if you're not attempting that jump. >> how much has that graved because he just didn't win? evan said, i did eight triples, all sort...

Is that making plushenko not look so great? >> it's definitely not making him look so great. a lot of his sour grapes come from the fact that he was away from the sport for three and a half, four years. came back and you know, with the expectation of getting one last gold to kind of close out his career. evan has been on the rise steadi steadily, but i don't think he expected to see him next to him on the medal stand let alone on a higher step. >> what about the face-off in terms of hockey between the usa and russia tomorrow? >> that should be a good one. it's always interesting with hockey, m...