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Bezik Boo Boos

Linny

Final Flight
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Aug 13, 2003
There are so many of them, they deserve their own special thread!

During Pairs SP, she proclaimed that Pet/Tik had the best lifts of any of the pairs... but the telecast showed Zag/Suid right after she'd made that comment. If you're going to tape any pair out there has having the best lifts...

But, ok, Sandra, I'll note that David Peltier said much the same thing, that Pet/Tik have the best lift. Perhaps they both mean "entrance into a lift"?

So, that's my entry in this thread. You'all probably have tons more. Have at it!

Linny
 

soogar

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Dec 18, 2003
Tikhonov and the Polish Ziuduk both have the best feet in the business. No scratching on either of these guys when they do their lifts and both cover distance across the ice.
 

Frau Muller

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Sandra flip-flops on the make-up of the audience at the Palavela.

During pair SPs, the audience was (she thought) overwhelmingly cheering Pang/Tong. As Dick pointed out obvious flaws, Sandra could only coo, "Oh, but listen to the cheers of the audience!" [As if that matters diddley-squat to the judges.]

During pairs LPs, Sandra declared (as if she was trying to somehow 'justify' the cheers for TT/MM): "But 75% of the audience is Russian - look at Russian flags all around!"

Maybe all of those so-called 'Russians' obtained tickets to only the LPs night?

Sandra should never be allowed to commentate on a pairs competition that includes Russians, due to her obvious hatred of Russian skaters, esp pairs. She & her brother must have been heavily marked-down by Soviet judges way back in the 1960s or 70s, when she used to compete.
 
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childfreegirl

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Jan 6, 2004
Not only did Bezic boo boo, but Scotty did as well. I had printed out the protocols and was following along with the programs. If you're going to call element values and comment on mandatory deductions, at least please get them right. I know, everybody is human, but still!

/rant
 

Kirkbiggestfan

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I prefer Bezic over Fleming. I think that uncle Dick is better, when he argues with Bezic....what can he say when Peggy finds everyone lovely?
 

Doggygirl

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Frau Muller said:
Sandra flip-flops on the make-up of the audience at the Palavela.

During pair SPs, the audience was (she thought) overwhelmingly cheering Pang/Tong. As Dick pointed out obvious flaws, Sandra could only coo, "Oh, but listen to the cheers of the audience!" [As if that matters diddley-squat to the judges.]

Sandra clearly had an out of body experience, and travelled back in time to Marshall's Skate Idol.

DG
 

Tonichelle

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Jun 27, 2003
you know I always complain about dick... but next to Sandra I love him... he's not half as annoying as she is...

Do we really need 4-5 commentators in the booth though? I say kick tom and sandra out and let Scott and Dick have at it...
 

soogar

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Frau Muller said:
Sandra flip-flops on the make-up of the audience at the Palavela.

During pair SPs, the audience was (she thought) overwhelmingly cheering Pang/Tong. As Dick pointed out obvious flaws, Sandra could only coo, "Oh, but listen to the cheers of the audience!" [As if that matters diddley-squat to the judges.]

During pairs LPs, Sandra declared (as if she was trying to somehow 'justify' the cheers for TT/MM): "But 75% of the audience is Russian - look at Russian flags all around!"

Maybe all of those so-called 'Russians' obtained tickets to only the LPs night?

Sandra should never be allowed to commentate on a pairs competition that includes Russians, due to her obvious hatred of Russian skaters, esp pairs. She & her brother must have been heavily marked-down by Soviet judges way back in the 1960s or 70s, when she used to compete.

I don't think Sandra gets that many Europeans love the Russian skaters. I would bet my eye teeth that many of the people who booed the PetTikh's scores and cheered for T&M are Italian. Europeans don't have problems or biases with the Russians as Canadians and Americans.
 

hockeyfan228

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Jul 26, 2003
Petrova/Tikhnov usually do have the best lifts, when all things are considered, because her air and transitions from position to position are so polished. Unfortunately, in Torino, they slowed down considerably, like at DC Worlds, when they are quite capable of maintaining speed. (When they do, Petrova looks like she's flying.) Zagorska/Siudek's lifts are inventive and exciting, but Zagorska's air position and transitions tend to be a bit sloppy. Both pairs were robbed by the rule changes that limited the number of difficult lifts.
 

FreeKatie

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Nov 21, 2005
Frau Muller said:
During pairs LPs, Sandra declared (as if she was trying to somehow 'justify' the cheers for TT/MM): "But 75% of the audience is Russian - look at Russian flags all around!"

Maybe all of those so-called 'Russians' obtained tickets to only the LPs night?


Jamie Sale also commented during "Olympic Ice" of the enormous amount of Russian fans in the stands for the Pairs LP - she said "I've never seen anything like that before" (to paraphrase her.) I didn't notice it so much from TV.
 

Frau Muller

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soogar said:
.....Europeans don't have problems or biases with the Russians as Canadians and Americans.

Not only that, let's not forget that Italy -- especially the Piedmonte region -- always held a special admiration for the, ahum, political & economic philosophy of the old USSR. It's not just Johnny Weir and his sweatshirt; "USSR Nostalgia" is a big deal now, especially in the more socialistic countries of Western Europe.

That's not to say that the Western Europeans don't admire Russians and Russian artistry, period. They do.
 

Frau Muller

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Spirit said:
Sandra is an absolute BABE.

Anything else is incidental.

If Stepford Wife is your idea of 'babe'! :rofl:

FreeKatie - You're not really defending Sandra. I, too, recall Olympic Ice & Jamie's comments. That's my point: Canadians are in AWE that a figure-skating audience would (gasp!) support Rrrrrrrussians!!! Dirty 'commie-lovers'!!!!
 
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FreeKatie

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Nov 21, 2005
It was weird, after the comments about soooooo many Russians being there, I started looking for them in the stands - sure there were some Russians there but it didn't seem like anything out of the ordinary unless they were hiding in the nosebleeds.
 

Kwanford Wife

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Sandra's biggest boo boo? Opening her mouth... I'm sorry, but I cannot stand that broad. Babe or not. She gives ....-ford Wives a bad name, and not in a good way. :disapp:
 

Piel

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Anyone want to guess how many times she will say exquisite before the Olys are over?
 

FreeKatie

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Piel said:
Anyone want to guess how many times she will say exquisite before the Olys are over?

Let's play a drinking game. During the ladies program - every time Sandra says exquisite or Dick expresses his disgust at another catch-food position, we drink.
 

Doggygirl

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Piel said:
Anyone want to guess how many times she will say exquisite before the Olys are over?

Now if Peggy were on the commentator team, that would be a contest worth following. ;)

DG
 

Spirit

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FreeKatie said:
Let's play a drinking game. During the ladies program - every time Sandra says exquisite or Dick expresses his disgust at another catch-food position, we drink.
Dick Button is a BABE.

Anything else is incidental.
 
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