there's some sort of curse surrounding regining WC champion going into OG, after all, only Lysacek won both for seven OG in the past and even that, is a hugely controversial one.
Actually, every American male skater as the reigning World champion has won the gold medal at the Olympics:
Richard Button
Hayes A. Jenkins
David Jenkins
Scott Hamilton
Evan Lysacek
The curse applies for Canadian (Orser, Stojko and Chan) and Russian skaters (Plushenko)...
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