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Sweet!
Can't wait to see those races in a bit.
Can't wait to see those races in a bit.
GOLD!!!!!!
Canada!!!!!!!!
Originally posted by Irvine511
in your opinion, do you think he is judged more harshly than the other skaters (by the judges themselves)? to the naked, uneducated eye, his performances seemed to be not as rewarded as they should be, and it seemed like the NBC commentators agreed. and i can understand how, in the need to not seem frightening to boys, they want to make figure skating less ... flaming than Johnny. there's a whole complex thing going on that i could discuss but it's too much for here. but curious as to what you think.
also, hail Queen Yu-Na. time for her to start counting the gajillions she's going to make.
so happy for Joannie.
and Mirai is absolutely adorable. the future.
He doesn't have the difficulty the other men do,
I've enjoyed reading your take, thanks.
Curious, how much do you think the portion I quoted above has to do with it?
But then, it's figure skating, so who ever knows what the judges are looking for anyway?
Very true. As I've mentioned before, my daughter used to skate competitively, and we used to be into watching it a lot, but I have no clue about this new scoring system, I'm lost.
I'm turning off the tv now. That was enough stress for one night.
Nothing against Hamelin or the nation of Canada, but Ohno's disqualification was a bunch of crap, there was no push, I've seen much rougher contact both on TV and in person not be called, and that was, by a Canadian referee in Canada to the benefit of a Canadian skater?? No way. Why in the hell is the chief referee from the host nation/one of the lead competitors in the sport int he first place?
The betting markets are really crapping on Canada hockey right now -- you can get 1:2 odds on them winning the gold right now, which I think is a very good price.
Where do you find that out? I'm thinking of betting on this game (for the Americans to win )
reverse jinx?
Oh and actually, talk about a double standard, Hamelin made just as much if not more contact with the South Korean who also went down... the ref didn't even review Hamelin's incident.
Nothing against Hamelin or the nation of Canada, but Ohno's disqualification was a bunch of crap, there was no push, I've seen much rougher contact both on TV and in person not be called
This type of comment stikes me as fear-of-Canada as a Winter Olympic power. No longer are we "in our place" as the little nation (with the cool outfits) who get 4 medals per games (rarely gold), while the US and European superpowers dominate. Reality is, that Canada is now a nation among the elite, and hence taking medals away from the usual suspects- and they don't like it. Ohno appeared to me to be a class act, who was greatly enjoying his olympic experience, until he takes the opportunity on US National TV to blast the local organizers, and basically accuse Canada of cheating (a nation of conspiracy theorists rejoice).Oh and actually, talk about a double standard, Hamelin made just as much if not more contact with the South Korean who also went down... the ref didn't even review Hamelin's incident.
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