congratulations to all the pairs for gutsy performances.
just skating in the pairs event is gutsy for openers but
each pair demonstrated the olympic spirit.
that being said, i was not overwhelmed by any performance.
the personal best, i thought, had to go to parchem & hinzmann.
they were lovely.
now for my question:
i was surprised that zhang & zhang were allowed to continue
with their program after stopping.
i was under the impression that you could restart if
you had a technical problem i.e. object on the ice interfering
with skating or skate boot unlacing or costume falling apart...
but if you fall, isn't that your fault? and doesn't that mean
you can't keep going once you stop?
if you could stop, have a two minute break and start again, then
couldn't tikhonov get a little breather in the middle of his long
after a "fall", talk to his medics then pick up where he left off?
with a breather in the middle, tikhonov might be able to deliver
a podium performance with his partner. certainly they
did a strong short.
so i'm just confused and wondered if someone could clarify
the isu rule on restarts.
i don't want to grumble about the spirit, the performance or
the courage....just a technical rule...:scratch: :scratch:
just skating in the pairs event is gutsy for openers but
each pair demonstrated the olympic spirit.
that being said, i was not overwhelmed by any performance.
the personal best, i thought, had to go to parchem & hinzmann.
they were lovely.
now for my question:
i was surprised that zhang & zhang were allowed to continue
with their program after stopping.
i was under the impression that you could restart if
you had a technical problem i.e. object on the ice interfering
with skating or skate boot unlacing or costume falling apart...
but if you fall, isn't that your fault? and doesn't that mean
you can't keep going once you stop?
if you could stop, have a two minute break and start again, then
couldn't tikhonov get a little breather in the middle of his long
after a "fall", talk to his medics then pick up where he left off?
with a breather in the middle, tikhonov might be able to deliver
a podium performance with his partner. certainly they
did a strong short.
so i'm just confused and wondered if someone could clarify
the isu rule on restarts.
i don't want to grumble about the spirit, the performance or
the courage....just a technical rule...:scratch: :scratch: