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- Jan 24, 2004
Marina Annasina never had any problems with the judges after she switched countries. Two Olympic medals is impressive in my book!
Sergei Sakhnovsky switched countries too and did/does fairly well. Certainly better than L&C, and R&S.
Matthew Zavozin didn't get "penalized" either when he and Morgan won the junior gold.
Navka used to represent Belarus, didn't she?
So Tanith is hardly an exception to the "rule". Don't see any "rules" here. Just seems to be that L&C were rightly placed in the top 12 at Worlds. Not everything has to be a "national bias". Just b/c they were the 5 time National champions does not mean that they are automatically a medal contender at Worlds. There are plenty of multiple national champions out there and some never even crack the top 15.
Sergei Sakhnovsky switched countries too and did/does fairly well. Certainly better than L&C, and R&S.
Matthew Zavozin didn't get "penalized" either when he and Morgan won the junior gold.
Navka used to represent Belarus, didn't she?
So Tanith is hardly an exception to the "rule". Don't see any "rules" here. Just seems to be that L&C were rightly placed in the top 12 at Worlds. Not everything has to be a "national bias". Just b/c they were the 5 time National champions does not mean that they are automatically a medal contender at Worlds. There are plenty of multiple national champions out there and some never even crack the top 15.