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Championship of Russia 2010

Dodhiyel

Final Flight
Joined
Dec 13, 2003
I thought I saw Plyushchenko's name in the last warm-up group earlier--maybe they switched him to skating sooner, to be sure he could skate before the pain medicine wore off.
 

skatemom1122

Final Flight
Joined
Dec 22, 2009
CURRENT STANDINGS THROUGH 12/18 SKATERS:

1 Evgeniy PLUSHENKO
SPB 100.09 54.05 B 46.04 9.18 9.00 9.25 9.29 9.32 0.00 #4
2 Konstantin MENSHOV
SPB 80.66 44.01 B 36.65 7.36 7.18 7.25 7.43 7.43 0.00 #3
3 Ivan TRETYAKOV
MOS 78.63 42.03 36.60 7.46 7.18 7.21 7.43 7.32 0.00 #10
4 Denis LEUSHIN
MOS 78.40 41.15 37.25 7.50 7.25 7.43 7.50 7.57 0.00 #8
5 Artem GRIGORIEV
MOS 70.12 34.38 35.74 7.21 6.96 7.14 7.18 7.25 0.00 #1
6 Nikita MIKHAILOV
MOS 67.40 34.18 34.22 7.00 6.75 6.79 6.89 6.79 1.00 #12
7 Gordey GORSHKOV
SPB 63.81 31.09 32.72 6.54 6.25 6.57 6.61 6.75 0.00 #11
8 Stanislav KOVALEV
MOS 61.49 30.02 31.47 6.29 6.14 6.36 6.36 6.32 0.00 #9
9 Artur GACHINSKIY
SPB 59.84 26.80 33.04 6.61 6.43 6.46 6.75 6.79 0.00 #2
10 Zhan BUSH
CHE 58.91 28.38 30.53 6.21 5.93 6.07 6.18 6.14 0.00 #5
11 Artur DMITRIEV
SPB 53.15 25.84 27.31 5.57 5.32 5.46 5.50 5.46 0.00 #7
12 Konstantin MILYUKOV
KAZ 52.22 25.76 27.46 5.64 5.29 5.46 5.61 5.46 1.00 #6
 

oxade21

Match Penalty
Joined
Mar 24, 2004
Plush ain't looking very healthy. I am not sure he is going to make it to Vancouver if he keep going like this.
 

Tinymavy15

Sinnerman for the win
Record Breaker
Joined
Dec 28, 2006
Okay what exactly did plushenko do to get that kind of score? I think all the judges suceeded in was making theselves look like groupies. I mean honestly. Do scores at nationals mean anything anymore is it just a lovefest for the favorites?
 

Dodhiyel

Final Flight
Joined
Dec 13, 2003
Okay what exactly did plushenko do to get that kind of score? I think all the judges suceeded in was making theselves look like groupies. I mean honestly. Do scores at nationals mean anything anymore is it just a lovefest for the favorites?

To be fair, it has been that way for a long time. I remember there was one season when Michelle Kwan fell *twice* during her program at US Nationals, at the time when falls, under 6.0, were treated as serious flaws in a performance. The ISU, after Urmanov won the Olys, issued some sort of proclamation that from then on, skaters were not to be scored on what they attempted, but only on moves they actually completed. The judges at US Nats gave Michelle the gold anyway, and gave Sasha Cohen the silver, even though Sasha's program was cleaner than Michelle's. That season, Michelle won for USFS at Worlds, so their decision seemed smart, whether fair or not. I think the federations try to score generously the one(s) who are expected to do best, based on their history, at Worlds and other major international competitions. For one thing, the high scores and medals at home, do seem to add to the skaters' status when they appear before the international judges.
 

Tinymavy15

Sinnerman for the win
Record Breaker
Joined
Dec 28, 2006
So right, so right. Nationals would be
more fun if they were realistic. Remember whe Sasha got into the 190's at nationals 2006 dispute neither program being perfect? Honestly.
 
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