 At the 2006 U.S. Championships , the de facto Olympic qualifier , Lysacek was third after the short program , but pulled up to win the free skate , finishing second overall . He was named to the 2006 Winter Olympic team along with Johnny Weir and Matthew Savoie . At the Olympics , following a 10th @-@ place finish in the short program , Lysacek became sick with the stomach flu . Unable to practice , he stayed in bed at the Olympic village , receiving fluids from IVs . After considering withdrawing , he decided to skate the next day and went on to skate a career @-@ best free skate . He finished his free skate with eight triple jumps and was ranked third of the night . He finished fourth overall , seven points below the bronze . He commentated on his free @-@ skating program on Olympic Ice the next day with Scott Hamilton and Mary Carillo . 
