Figure skating is one dirty sport, I really need to get over my love for it, just not worth it anymore.
2014 Olympics Ladies Free Skate
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Figure skating is one dirty sport, I really need to get over my love for it, just not worth it anymore.
. I hope they at least invite her to the gala after blatantly robbing her of 5th place 
First thought is what a wonderful final flight, all top-3 ladies skated clean. My personal feeling would have been Kostner (Gold), Kim (Silver) and Sotnikova (Bronze). I just have a hard time calling Sotnikova Olympic Champion. Don't want to take anything away from her, she had the skate of her life, with all the pressure. But, I don't see why she got all those +GOE and her PCS were too high, that program didn't do anything for me. That aside, can't take it out on her, she didn't give out her own marks. As for Kim, she had a great skate, has nothing to prove anymore, but I wasn't sold on her program, it lacked passion and emotion. For me, Kostner had the program of the night, sure it's last year's, but I was drawn to it, captivated. Great that she put 2 back-to-back clean skates. She should be so proud, regardless of the colour of her medal.
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I have not seen the performances yet but this is very suspicious. Adelina is not anywhere near the quality of Yuna/Caro, never has been, and for this reason was never on the radar for a medal. Then she all of a sudden gets PCS like this, a month after Euros?
I believe this might be payback for Russia "letting" the U.S. win ice dance in Russia (shocking.)
I believe this might be payback for Russia "letting" the U.S. win ice dance in Russia (shocking.)
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This will definitely not be a scandal in the US. I can already hear Scott Hamilton and Sandra Bezic in my head telling the US audience how Sotnikova deserves the gold b/c she brought the (partisan) audience into the program. 
What a crock. They haven't even said it yet, and I am still going to call for them to be fired ASAP.
Way to go Carolina and Yuna and Mao and Gracie! Congrats Adelina on a good performance even if I think having the highest free skate of all time is plainly ridiculous. (It was the highest right?) I had her fourth in the FS in my mind but still in 3rd. Too bad Carolina didn't do the triple toe-triple toe, but she still would've lost.
Actually, very nice final two flights overall. Too bad I have a sour taste in my mouth, but I'm hardly going to quit watching people I like because they aren't getting the right medals for their performances. Why shoot myself in the foot?
What a crock. They haven't even said it yet, and I am still going to call for them to be fired ASAP.Way to go Carolina and Yuna and Mao and Gracie! Congrats Adelina on a good performance even if I think having the highest free skate of all time is plainly ridiculous. (It was the highest right?) I had her fourth in the FS in my mind but still in 3rd. Too bad Carolina didn't do the triple toe-triple toe, but she still would've lost.
Actually, very nice final two flights overall. Too bad I have a sour taste in my mouth, but I'm hardly going to quit watching people I like because they aren't getting the right medals for their performances. Why shoot myself in the foot?
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Great performances grossly messed up by such a wide/wild range of discretion. After Men's, now "Judges" kick in.
Mao did a clean 3A in the FS. She burst into tears afterwards. What could have been, right? But, how would she have skated if she was in the last group?
Kostner skated like she just wanted to protect her Podium placement. She didn't really have attack. She was clearly "skating smart" and it paid off for her.
Kim was hurt by the fact that she didn't improve her spins at all since Vancouver, only has 6 triples, and had empty programs. There was also pretty much no performance quality in those programs. She skated them like she had a BT Headset on and was talking to a sponsor on the phone...
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And I'm fine with Adelina winning the OGM on technical score. You're just not gonna convince me that her PCS are better than, say, Kostners, or 'only' 0.09 worse than Yuna's. But we can simply agree to disagree on that and move on
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What I really can't stand is that it was an AMAZING competition, and still most of the talk will be about the controversy.
I really like Adelina and she was fantastic, I don't want the controversy to tarnish her reputation nor shake her nerves in the future, I don't want her to retire yet, because she can improve.
Mad RESPECT for Yu-na, she nailed it under pressure, she's so rock solid, I appreciate her more and more. I hope she won't be too disappointed/bitter, and that she'll do what she wants to do in the future
Mad RESPECT for Carolina Kostner, she went CLEAN for the first time in ages, she is so classy, she didn't even shove off haters
Mao was SPECIAL, such a fighter, and was positively lowballed at least in PCS. Maybe she'll remain with a "what if...", but frankly, she deserves respect.
Gold and Wagner were remarkably good.
Lipnitskaya, poor girl, four skates in a row were too much, media pressure was too much. I hope she'll be able to develop at her own pace.
And yet, there will be scandal and controversy and bitterness and I think I'll run to the anti-drama bunker
I really like Adelina and she was fantastic, I don't want the controversy to tarnish her reputation nor shake her nerves in the future, I don't want her to retire yet, because she can improve.
Mad RESPECT for Yu-na, she nailed it under pressure, she's so rock solid, I appreciate her more and more. I hope she won't be too disappointed/bitter, and that she'll do what she wants to do in the future
Mad RESPECT for Carolina Kostner, she went CLEAN for the first time in ages, she is so classy, she didn't even shove off haters
Mao was SPECIAL, such a fighter, and was positively lowballed at least in PCS. Maybe she'll remain with a "what if...", but frankly, she deserves respect.
Gold and Wagner were remarkably good.
Lipnitskaya, poor girl, four skates in a row were too much, media pressure was too much. I hope she'll be able to develop at her own pace.
And yet, there will be scandal and controversy and bitterness and I think I'll run to the anti-drama bunker
First thought is what a wonderful final flight, all top-3 ladies skated clean. My personal feeling would have been Kostner (Gold), Kim (Silver) and Sotnikova (Bronze). I just have a hard time calling Sotnikova Olympic Champion. Don't want to take anything away from her, she had the skate of her life, with all the pressure. But, I don't see why she got all those +GOE and her PCS were too high, that program didn't do anything for me. That aside, can't take it out on her, she didn't give out her own marks. As for Kim, she had a great skate, has nothing to prove anymore, but I wasn't sold on her program, it lacked passion and emotion. For me, Kostner had the program of the night, sure it's last year's, but I was drawn to it, captivated. Great that she put 2 back-to-back clean skates. She should be so proud, regardless of the colour of her medal.
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No.
I'm going to stop you right there. You do not get to say crap like that.
You have been not just one of the worst haters, you have been THE worst hater of Sotnikova.
We can't even count the number of times you've called her a headcase and said disparaging things about her. Adelina essentially just told all her haters - including you, sky_fly - to shove it with a gold-winning performance (or at least a performance worthy of the podium).
Stop trying to pretend like you haven't been one of her biggest haters, all along. None of us are buying that.
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I am SO that Yuna can finally retire with her head held up high. Congratulations Yuna, and thank you for leaving us fans with two another perfect Olympic programs and proving even in the face of her numerous haters that you are the one with prowess and dignity til the very last moment. I wish you all the best after retirement.
Do you realize that with 3-4 points less PCS she would have still won? PCS isn't why she beat Kim. Kim won PCS. Kim Lost to Sotnikova because the latter gave a clinic on brilliant jumping and spinning and hit all her levels.
When will you people stop bitching about PCS and realize that Kim LOST to Sotnikova because she couldn't manage to get her Triple Loop consistent and was down a triple, and had Worse Spins and lower level footwork?
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Yuna, the definition of Ladies Figure Skating. She has power and grace.
She might no win gold because of this rigged sport but she has more than win my heart.
For me, she is the greatest. Everything about her is just pure LADIES Figure Skating.
So sad she had to give up a gold medal to the little girl from russia, who has decent skating skill, no grace and certainly no maturity.
Oh and CAROLINA should be second.
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There's no way that question can be answered since Mirai was not allowed to compete. Her scores at 4CC's are irrelevant since it was a week after nationals, and she was sick/deflated, at a completely different competition under different circumstances. We don't know what would have happened if Mirai/Polina/Ashley were all allowed to compete against each other in the Olympics. The closest barometer to this situation is all of them competing at Nationals, which happened, and one of them bombed (we all know who.) The skaters' world rankings is also irrelevant. Ashley is 5th, and Mirai 23rd - big deal. Polina is 91st, and Yuna Kim is 29th.
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No.
No, You do not get to say crap like that.
You have been not just one of the worst haters, you have been THE worst hater of Sotnikova.
We can't even count the number of times you've called her a headcase and said disparaging things about her. Adelina essentially just told all her haters - including you, sky_fly - to shove it with a gold-winning performance (or at least a performance worthy of the podium).
Stop trying to pretend like you've been her fan, all along. None of us are buying that.
Well-said. What's wrong with him? :scratch:
Amazing performance, but tarnished by judging. And my ignore list is getting bigger and bigger.
Love and great thanks to Yuna/Carolina/Mao. Esp. Yuna, you'll be remembered as true champion for a long time. all of them will be remembered fondly.
For the game itself, at this point I lose any respect I had for the system and ISU. I know Yuna's been working to support korean figure skaters, but with this result, how anybody would ask for more interest on this so-called sports? I'm sad and discouraged myself, I am not sure I can ask people to enjoy figure skating after this.
Love and great thanks to Yuna/Carolina/Mao. Esp. Yuna, you'll be remembered as true champion for a long time. all of them will be remembered fondly.
For the game itself, at this point I lose any respect I had for the system and ISU. I know Yuna's been working to support korean figure skaters, but with this result, how anybody would ask for more interest on this so-called sports? I'm sad and discouraged myself, I am not sure I can ask people to enjoy figure skating after this.
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Unfortunately, that is how PCS works. If 3 years of propping Chiddy up taught us nothing, is that PCS will always save the judges.
Still shocked at the 5 point difference. Knew that Adelina had gold when we saw the 149.whatever, but I think the judges thought that Yuna wouldn't skate that cleanly.
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