Latest Johnny Weir news & quotes

[marbri]

Eight pounds in one day?! That is insane. Man, I love Johnny's candor. There's always this sense of sarcastic wit to his outlook.
I just hope his physical condition can keep up with his positive frame-of-mind; wherein
lies Johnny's weakness- stamina.

Where in the article did you read that?

[Lacey]

Go Johnny Go. Holding my breath.

[care]

"I'm stronger, more powerful, and healthier this season," he said. "There have been times in my career when I haven't felt my own essence. I didn't feel my own strength. Now I do."

:cheer2: Go Johnny!

[numbers123]

marbi
Those moments of uncertainty were brief but costly. Coming off a world bronze medal in 2008, Weir opened the 2008-09 season with a silver medal at Skate America, losing gold by a hair to then-unheralded Takahiko Kozuka of Japan. He went on to take silver at Japan's NHK Trophy despite competing with a heavy cold. A few weeks later, he won bronze at the Grand Prix Final in Goyang, South Korea.

That's when his luck ran out. Over Christmas, Weir traveled to South Korea a second time, to perform in friend Yu-Na Kim's "Angels on Ice" show benefiting children's charities. While there, he caught a bug, losing eight pounds in a single day and spending Christmas Day in a hospital.

[stjeaskategym]

I didn't know it was humanly possible to lose 8 lbs in one day. :lol:

[Carolla5501]

Eight pounds in one day?! That is insane.
Man, I love Johnny's candor. There's always this sense of sarcastic wit to his outlook.
I just hope his physical condition can keep up with his positive frame-of-mind; wherein
lies Johnny's weakness- stamina.

He doesn't say it's in one day. He says he was 8 lbs underweight..... I would bet that some of that was virus and some of that was....... the Starbucks diet?

[taylorfax]

He doesn't say it's in one day.
True, it says "in a single day". ;)

[judiz]

Johnny wound up in the hospital and was given an IV most likely for dehydration. From what I remember reading last year, Johnny couldn't even hold down water before he was taken to the hospital.

[rococo]

I didn't know it was humanly possible to lose 8 lbs in one day. :lol:

it is and it's no fun either

[Japanfan]

Eight pounds is probably an exaggeration. . .

And: Does the US have three spots for men at the Olympics?

[igniculus]

I didn't know it was humanly possible to lose 8 lbs in one day. :lol:

Well, if you have the shiz and vomit, it's entirely possible. :yikes:

He doesn't say it's in one day. He says he was 8 lbs underweight..... I would bet that some of that was virus and some of that was....... the Starbucks diet?

No, it was a viral infection. Not from the diet.

And: Does the US have three spots for men at the Olympics?

EYS! :cheer2:

[sk9tingfan]

Eight pounds is probably an exaggeration. . .

And: Does the US have three spots for men at the Olympics?

Actually, probably not. I saw him right afterwards, and he looked absolutely skeletal.

[Carolla5501]

Actually, probably not. I saw him right afterwards, and he looked absolutely skeletal.

I think he always looks pretty "skeletal" It's one of the things that worries me about him.

[Carolla5501]

True, it says "in a single day". ;)

From the magazine

"JW: I was very sick with a stomach virus, but I tried, anyway. I was eight pounds underweight, and I went out and missed a few jumps. It was absolutely the lowest point of my career. I was feeling so low that I quit skating for two months, and I wasn’t sure if I’d come back."


I don't get the"single day" reference. If he was sick for several days that's easily believable.

[taylorfax]

I don't get the"single day" reference.
Perhaps you should read the article this thread is about.