elevatedmole
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Originally posted by sulawesigirl4:
- Ice dancing has become more of a joke. Innovation doesn't seem to be alive and the rules for critiquing performances are extremely vague. If something isn't done to overhaul it and soon...I would not be surprised if it gets dropped from the Olympics in the next ten years or so.
Couldn't agree more.. I think they will be dropped soon if they do not shape up.
- America might actually have something going with pairs! Ina and Zimmerman really surprised me.
Yeah -- Ina and Zimmerman were good! Didn't they get the bronze?
- The Chinese team continues to improve. If they could finesse their really awful spinning and work on the choreography, I think they would be getting on TOP of the podium.
*nodnod* They were good. They weren't very good on the synchronizing but they were talented.
- Sarah Hughes and her two triple-triple combos might just be the spark that ladies figure skating needs. Since Midori Ito and Surya Bonaly left the sport, it seems to have fallen into a technical/athletic decline.
I really have to agree. She really did nicely.
-The ladies short program was a display of some really AWFUL costume decisions. If nothing else, Michelle Kwan's exquisite taste in dress will be missed along with her grace and style on the ice.
Yeah.. I really disliked Slutskaya's costume. Kwan's definitely was the best, but I also liked Hughes' a lot too.
- My proposals to help overhaul figure skating judging would include the following:
- No more judges sent from individual national skating federations. They should be hired by an independent board and therefore not accountable to any specific country.
- Separate the panel into judges to look at the jumps, judges to look for technique like speed and spins, and judges to mark on style and presentation. This is how its done in freestyle and aerial skiing and it seems to be much more objective. It would take some of the stress and pressure off the individual judges and allow them to really focus.
- Don't allow the judges to attend practice sessions.
- Don't let the judges know which of them will be judging each event until directly before the event.
- If a judge is found guilty of corruption, they should be GONE. I'm still flabbergasted that the judge whose taped phone conversation proved he was attempting to fix the results of the ice-dancing in Nagano was BACK IN THE PANEL at these Games. That sort of thing erodes even the appearance of fairness.
Nice ideas.. I really really agree
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