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no argument from meITA, I thought V/M had the worst CD. Every team sucked at some point of the competition.
IMO biased, the only two programs that were skated almost flawless were D/S CD and D/W FD.
no argument from meITA, I thought V/M had the worst CD. Every team sucked at some point of the competition.
IMO biased, the only two programs that were skated almost flawless were D/S CD and D/W FD.
If VM and DW tied, what would have happened?
2 bronze medals?
One thing I think...judges for ice dance should be from countries that are actually competing in ice dance.
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That being said, it's rather difficult to deny that ice dance is entirely bereft of politicking, but I do think it's naive to assume that the Russians are the only ones politicking.
I think just yesterday I read on a French board that someone thinks the French are worse at skating politics than the Northern Americans and the Russians.
I could be wrong but I think Medusa was saying that someone said the French actually engage in politics more than NA or Russia. The word "worse" didn't mean that they weren't good at it but rather they were good at it.If i were French I would be insulted! Philippe Candeloro won two Olympic medals. M. Gailhaguet rocks!
No, I meant that they are not good at it. (I mean, come on - they tried in 2002 and got caught! They can't be too good at it.)I could be wrong but I think Medusa was saying that someone said the French actually engage in politics more than NA or Russia. The word "worse" didn't mean that they weren't good at it but rather they were good at it.
Or would it be better to have a judging panel that did not have a national stake in the outcome?
Good point.No, I meant that they are not good at it. (I mean, come on - they tried in 2002 and got caught! They can't be too good at it.)
I think that Meryl and Charlie should have gotten a medal. I thought they had the best OD and FD this season.:yes:
I won't deny there's likely a lot of politicking, but that's a bit too conspiratorial for my taste.I thought the ice dance results reeked of backroom deal-making. The basic deal: DomShabs wins, Khoklova/Novitski get deep-sixed, and the French teams move up a couple of spots. P/B finished 5th, their highest ever, and Carron/Jost were 9th in their first Worlds by miraculously scoring 10 points higher on their FD than they did at Euros, passing Cappellini/Lanotte (who finished ahead of C/J at Euros). Pretty much everyone scored higher on the FDs than at Euros, except F/S.
Moving C/J up required dumping S/B, whose OD should have scored much higher than it did. So it wasn't just D/W who got shafted---all 3 US teams did, and the absence of a US judge on all three segment panels helped make that happen.
Of course, what the French really wanted was to get 3 teams for Vancouver, which didn't quite happen, but it was very close (5+9=14). If Faiella/Scali had had a big mistake in the FD, it could easily have happened.