Reactions and criticism of judging by Network commentators - NBC, CBC, BBC, etc
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What an awful thing to say...Adelina skated a technically difficult program well and performed the heck out of it. So her PCS was overscored, but that is not Adelina's fault. She did a terrific job and deserves to be happy for her medal.
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I'm curious as to what has made you such a pessimist and ill-spirited person.... You have a handful of skater that you devotedly love.....But you're downright crude and cruel when speaking of the rest.
Considering Chinese skaters are frequently the target of harsh judging due to their (lack of) artistry I'm surprised that their reaction was not stronger. Shen & Zhao had to work so hard on their artistry because all the judges back then were favouring "Russian elegance" back then. Pang & Tong were always criticized for their weaker lines even when they were landing all their jumps...and their PCS were appropriately penalized back then.
Now all of a sudden "one more triple" is enough to win, artistry/lines/polish goes out the windows...the Chinese skaters must be pissed.
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I guess that is why Kostner was one of the first to come and congratulate her.
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Real Gold medalist? Now who would that be? Certainly not Yuna with her I am so bored look and even more boring free skate.
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Every spin Sotnikova did was better than Yu-Na's. That's not just one more triple jump.
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Wow, NBC did not make anything of this at all. Kinda surprised but I guess there was no American or Canadian in the mix for gold.
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Yuna's spins were slow and overall her program was not as good as her long in Vancouver.
What???
Michelle Kwan did not say that. That link you provided was by:
"Marie Millikan skated as Marie Vichova for Czechoslovakia in the 1968 Olympics. She has been a skating coach in Indianapolis for four decades and has covered eight Winter Olympics for The Associated Press."
What's quoted above is a direct copy and paste from the bottom of your link.
Adelina won because of the judges. Most current and ex-skaters are in agreement.
I didn't realize Yuna was competing with herself from 2010. My mistake.
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She wasn't but it explains why she didn't get as high a score this time.
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Well the judges did judge the event, so everyone agrees she won because of the judges.
So you reworded what I said to change the context of what I wanted to convey. Congratulations!
I think most people would have gotten the real context of what I posted.
While Adelina perfectly deserved her scores? Please, are you really trying to bring up Yuna's scores from the last Olympics and comparing it to now to justify why she doesn't deserve as high a score? Her exact same jump layout just last Worlds, done flawlessly got ~148 and her PCS was less than what Adelina got at the Olympics this year.
Seriously, Adelina won. I'm not going to say fair and square, but she could have edged out Yuna by sheer energy she brings with her and people may have accepted it if the difference wasn't so huge. She got the same PCS as Yuna? For choreography, too?
So yeah, apparently Adelina into is a better skater than Yuna, because even with Yuna skating clean, she can't really edge out Adelina on any element.
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