Aah, watching Finnish commentary for this. It's some former coach whose always saying really technical stuff and all and on Osmond's lutz she said along the lines of "Another really nice, difficult jump - a flip".
When commentators make mistakes like that you start to wonder if these perhaps should be marked as e instead of !...
I watched this with a friend from the theater who doesn't watch a lot of figure skating. She said that Kostner's FS looked stale, like something from a bygone era. She was also baffled by her high PCS score. She preferred Sotskova's performance.
Katie Ledecky won her first Olympic gold at 15 in swimming, but I'm probably one of the only people who doesn't care for age limits. Teens need to be protected (as evidenced by what is going on in gymnastics), but if they're talented and can cope with the pressure, I don't see why they shouldn't be able to compete at the Olympics. I want to see the best of the best. And the fact of the matter is some teens have ambition and are willing to make sacrifices to achieve their goals.
Just caught up and I'm SHOCKED that Satoko actually got some ur calls. She would struggle to get on any podium any where if she was judged fairly like this every time. Let's hope they keep it up.
Correction: Figure skating scoing is only as credible as the judging makeup AT that event. If the make up is not credible, the results shouldn't be credible either.
European majority judges in Russia is basically European slant x 200% like at Sochi (Japan, and Canada was the only none Europeans at the FS)
. Tech panel there was also 100% European lead by a Russia skating federation Vice President, where wrong calls were 'conviniently' made. Talk about conflict of interests!!!! That panel makeup was ripe for slanting.
It will be interesting to see if this is what happens in Pyeongchang.
I don't know why people are complaining about Kostner but not complaining about others. If judges inflate her, they will have no choice but to inflate others.. perhaps arguable it was the reason for the inflation overall. That is why in prep for Sochi, they need a marker. She will continued to be kept high until Europeans Championship, so they can inflate Russian skaters more.
It seems obvious that Evgenia (if healthy) and Alina are fighting for oly gold and the rest are fighting for bronze and that could be anyone (although not probably Maria). So the battle is for oly bronze! I think it wasn't this clear before the last olympics. What a boring scenario...
Well ... in 2014 it was supposed to be Yuna vs. Yulia, with Mao in the mix, Caro possibly making the podium, and almost no one predicted Adelina to win OGM. In 2002 no one thought Sarah Hughes would overcome the titanic duo of Michelle and Irina. And let's not forget 2006, when the battle between Sasha and Irina ended with another third party, the lovely Shizuka, as the champion. Anything can happen at the Olympics!! Just saying ...
In that scenario I think Maria winning the Olympics would be the most likely outcome. She's not at all the favourite but continues to churn out clean performances and is on almost no ones radar as Russian Number 3. Oh, I can imagine the outcry if that happens.
In that scenario I think Maria winning the Olympics would be the most likely outcome. She's not at all the favourite but continues to churn out clean performances and is on almost no ones radar as Russian Number 3. Oh, I can imagine the outcry if that happens.
I watched this with a friend from the theater who doesn't watch a lot of figure skating. She said that Kostner's FS looked stale, like something from a bygone era. She was also baffled by her high PCS score. She preferred Sotskova's performance.
I think she deserved 3rd place in this competition even with a bunch of underrotation calls I would have given. Osmond and Kostner get higher PCS than they deserve and have technical issues of their own.
Why don't we ban all judges and from now on let people decide and judge "who don't watch a lot of figure skating". As long as Caro (undeservedly) placed lower, most people here would probably be happy about it
Please no. I have problems staying awake during her programmes
Or Satoko should have gotten higher PCs. Imho, her PCs should be near Caro's here.
UR calls were well deserved though.
Satoko was already lucky that her ur's in the SP weren't punished. Overall I'd say she was rather marked too high instead of too low.