В блоге некоего Tony Wheeler появилось интервью с арбитром Patrick Ibens. Даже в кривом гугловском переводе много любопытного. Особенно порадовало:

TW: Who do you think the Olympic mens champion should have been and why?
PI: For me the Olympic champion should have been Takahashi. He has it all! The skating skills, the charisma, the technique. Too bad he had problems with some of his jumps and fell once!

TW: Okay, and since he wasn’t able to perform at his best– Lysacek or Plushenko?!
PI: Takahashi!
На всякий случай скопирую целиком в первые комментарии.