What did Sotnikova do wrong?
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Wow, what an insightful post, probably as insightful as your analysis of adelina. Is that really the best you can do? I suspect it is.
I suspect you are from another time. A forum is a place to express opinions, what is your problem? Again, Caro did not offer a high five, why would she? At least if you are going to talk about something, get the facts right.
Then why are you here commenting about it? If you are such a BETTER person than so many here, why don't you go spend your time doing something you feel is productive? Go save the world, please.
Many people in the world think Yuna is a real champion and Me, too.
90% of people (or more) think Yuna won that competition and she's the real champion.
Competitive figure skating will always be considered a joke by the public as long as fraudulent results are allowed to stand.
Even with athletic side, Yuna would have still won. She would have kicked her *** in both ways by far.. ..... that's only if no corruption had occured from Russian duck and goose soirée.
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Ven said:
I doubt it. You might not like it, and you might not agree with it, but there are people thinking Adelinas win was justified. Even more than that, a lot of people I know think Carolina should have taken home the gold. The scores were wrong, but the result is not as clear cut as you portray it to be. Even if the korean broadcast writes "the actual gold medalist" next to Yunas name...
Really strange. I've also read a couple of threads on Adelina's Olympic performance, and to me, it looks like the scores were inflated indeed. 6 points ahead of Kim? Nonsense. Check out the link (if you haven't done that before bc it was already posted somewhere in this forum), it offers a clear enough explanation with the skaters' scorecards' analysis: http://www.thewire.com/culture/2014...kovas-allegedly-rigged-gold-medal-win/358425/
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I am from a time where I was raised that I can express my opinion respectfully to others. I am not saying you can't express your opinion but you do not have to bash a skater for something that was no fault of her own. Again Adelina did not judge herself. She did her job and skated. I read that Carolina high fived Adelina. Carolina has been the picture of graciousness and class through out and genuinely happy to be an Olympic medalist. She gets along with everyone.
What you said is true but here is where FS judging shoots itself in the foot.
1. It doesn't matter if a skater does an easier jump if she does it perfectly. So Adelina's easier jump shouldn't affect her score.
2. Yuna lost because she did an easier jump than Adelina. Therefore, since Adelina did the harder jump, she should win!
What this means in English is:
1. If the person we've decided we want to win the medal does an easier jump than others, that's OK because I'm sure he/she will do it perfectly. (Ironically, Carolina coasted on this one for years).
2. If the person we want to win does a harder jump, that's why she/he should win. If they don't do it perfectly, so be it because it was so hard
There are a few more laws, as well
3. If the person we want to win doesn't do a quad/lutz/triple combo/twizzle, throw triple axel/ (fill in the jump) it doesn't matter because artistry/transitions/(fill in the thing) is the most important thing
4. If the person we want to win has no artistry but does the (fill in the jump), well, this is a sport and the jumps are what matter!
The real trick is figuring out how they decide who they want to win, if it's based on skating or something else.
