Evan Did It! US Skating Nationals

Evan Lysacek puts in the performance of the championships, landing a quad and awesome combos. Johnny Weir watched the program he had to follow.

New United States Figure Skating Men’s Champion, Evan Lysacek, earned 248.88 total points to finally beat out his rival, Johnny Weir!

Evan's technically incredible program could not be matched by Johnny who, as he arrived at the Spokane Arena tonight, said he felt like he needed to throw up. After seeing his final score of 213.20, he probably did.

Evan slightly "cheated" his quad, but it was so slight that even the judges didn't catch the mistake. Johnny's jumps were a little unsteady at first and got worse. As his music changed, everything went downhill from there. He fell and popped, but remained intensely competitive as a testament to sportsmanship.

Another commendable performance of the night came from the last skater, Ryan Bradley. At the conclusion of his skate, Ryan played to the audience and garnered a standing ovation from about 17,000 people. His 219.21 score (and sexy, elated personality) knocked Weir out of second. This was Ryan's first silver. He surprised fans and officials by skating on the ice after his scores were announced. A back flip with a kick-out in the air was his gift back to the crowd that spurred him on tonight.

3-time US Champ. Johnny Weir will still go to Worlds this season. New National Champion Lysacek and silver medalist Bradley, however, are on top of the world tonight.