There are still rumors about Stéphane Lambiel to be planning to stage a comeback. The question about his comeback has been asked several times these days.
I’ll be great for Switzerland if he’d really come back, since he has a really good chance to qualify for the Olympic Games yet. At the moment Sarah Meier is the only Swiss ice skater who’s already qualified for Vancouver 2010. Jamal Othman the other Swiss skater who participated in the recent World Championships did not even reach the final what means that he didn’t qualify for the Olympics. But he still has one chance: the Nebelhorn trophy in Oberstdorf in September (if I’m not mistaken).
To get back to the original subject: Stéphane Lambiel’s supposed comeback
here’s the related link: Stéphane Lambiel
I tried to translate the article. At the moment I’m quite busy so there are possibly some mistakes.
Stéphane Lambiel was present at the recent World Championships, but just as a guest – as he stressed. Lately he’s always made clear that he didn’t have the intention to stage a comeback. He justified his decision that he was still in pain with his adductores and that he liked the life as a “show-skater”. So everything seems to be clear, doesn’t it? No. “There are some signs that he wants to keep a possibility”, the Art on Ice-boss Oliver Höher said. “He’s practicing and he’s still taking part of the Antidoping-programme.
When Lambiel went to Los Angeles he proudly told Höner that his practice went great two days ago. He was even able to jump a triple axel and a quad toe-loop. Does this sound like an athlete that already retired especially in view of the fact that these difficult jumps aren’t necessary for a gala programme?
There’s also the rumor that Lambiel’s management is putting pressure on him. “We don’t pressurize him. It’s his own decision”, Höner told. “He can only support a decicion that he made himself. So it wouldn’t make sense to enforce.
Would a comeback have a positive influence on his “market value”? “It depends on the result. An Olympic Gold medal has always a positive infulence”, Oliver Höner told. The former ice skater thinks that Lambiel could also keep his high “marked value” without a participation in the Olympic Games. Not long ago there was hold a survey about the most famous and popular athletes in Switzerland. Stéphane Lambiel took the second place behind Roger Federer.
However Stéphane Lambiel has a full appointments diary. From April 8th he will skate in shows in Italy, Czech Republic, Slovakia, South Korea and Canada.
Höner does not totally agree that Lambiel’s comeback would be important for the ice-skating in Switzerland. “Finally Stéphane could just benefit if he’d win a medal. Otherwise it wouldn’t be good for him or Swiss Skate either. He’s expected to win medals. Everything else isn’t important.”
michaela
after all the excitement on hiro-koh bout ice-skating i finally decided to watch it myself. i couldn’t follow the links in hiro-koh (connection prob) but i managed to find the videos on 2009 championship on youtube. i remembered that you like sarah meier so i watched her performance (and kim yu-na and miki ando). i don’t know anything at all bout ice-skating but i think meier’s performance was good and really energetic
though she seems to have lost her balance at one point? and i really like her outfit !!!!
maybe i’m going to follow on this sports starting today- it looks interesting since we don’t have it here
hi kai-lee,
i’m glad you like ice-skating and sarah meier. i assume you saw sarah’s short programme (the samba), right? she was good, but she can do better. the problem was that she was injured (she wanted to withdraw but she needed to participate due to the qualification for the olympics). yes she lost the balance at one point, but it wasn’t very bad.
i love her outfit too!
miki ando and yu-na kim did also great. now i’m a bit frustrated that the season has ended…
yes the one i watched was the short programme… and i saw kim yu-na’s long programme too, only that i don’t understand much by it. but they all have very nice outfits! i haven’t watched the men’s performance yet, i’m going to start when my connection gets better
i wonder if you have ice-skate before?
no, i’ve never done any figure skating before. i mean i’ve already skated on the ice a few time, but you can’t call this ice skating. all the time i was trying not to fall… anyway it was quite funny! but it’s already years ago since i’ve skated the last time.
michaela
today i watched a video on stephane lambiel’s performance. i forgot which competition it was but it’s just a show, i think. he’s very good-looking!!!!
why doesn’t he want to return to the competitions? i’m not aware of him before this, but did he plan to retire because of injuries?
anyway, you’re the first to introduce me to lambiel… danke!
bitte!
yes, he retired because of an injury. and moreover, he was very disappointed after the the world championships in 2008 because he ‘just’ finished 5th.
you’re right, he’s really good-looking
and besides he’s an exellent ice-skater and entertainer. i love watching his performances.