Now, to my nomination of my grief and love and


Alexander Abt
* One of the biggest russian talents, winning silver at junior worlds 1991, only to end up with a totally trainwrecky roller coaster of a career.
* On upward roll some time after junior worlds, he managed to break his leg during an exhibition

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in MEXICO of all places. What on earth was he doing there???
* Medalling at first Euros 1998 with his oh-so-long-legs, doing a
smokin' hot tango sp and
two-footed quad-messy-belly-dancing legendary free skate (Kötting would die for it)
* All those years of killing his fans

:
repeating the belly dancing in golden pants, landing a 3a3lo (I think at Sparkassen cup), quad, no quad,
Zorro ex in latex and shiny black tights,
Pulp Fiction in mostly only pants and a bandana,
Riverdance in bare stomach and more latex.
* Finally making it to Euros again 2000, only to loose the bronze to Dmitri Dmitrenko, of all people (whom I by the way dig to death).
* Making it to Euros 2001, skating to
Gladiator dressed in a hideous red something with muscles painted on and thousands of buckles, only to come down with a sinus infection. He barely made it through the FS, pale as a ghost he almost passed out in the KnC and Raf had to hold him up.
* Went to USA and showed up 2002 with the most amazing quad and programs, only to be robbed of Euros gold!!

All season he was totally consistent, landing that quad....until OG, and I was there in front of the TV at five in the morning, tired as hell, and the moron managed to FALL ON THE QUAD!!! TALK HEARTBREAK!!!


* Ended his career being coached by Zhulin, winning a Russian championship, something Yagudin couldn't, and it proves that his up-and-down-career alone proves he belong the da HOF, but of course, there is more:
* The guy being totally hot, you know, his behind and everything!
* The amount of alcohol consumed; like being too drunk on the night after competition to meet his fan club as promised the day after, sending Maksim Marinin instead

, and another time going mad on a plane, causing all kinds of scenes!
In sum: Totally hot, with to die for- and WTF-programs side by side, best skating skills and legendary outfits, belly dancing and crazy off-ice incidents, and results all over the place, breaking our hearts again and again and again, and even when he skated stellar he was robbed!

What more could a HOF wish for? Abt is for the ages!!!
Euros 2002 - the ever debated results and the shining programs:
SP:
Armenian selections
FS:
Rach 2 & 3, with (as earlier revealed in this very thread) one crazy fan in her younger years at 5.04 and 5.17, that should be enough for HOF alone, don't you tell me he wasn't heartbreak
