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Gold has a JW silver, two GP medals, two US International medals, and a 3rd at the 2013 WTT. Those aren't podium finishes?
In addition to Lipnitskaia, even with a clean skate, Osmond lost the Team SP to Kostner, Asada (with a fall on a 3a<<) and Wagner (with a 3f+3t<). She lost the Team FS to Lipnitskaia, Gold, Marchei, and Suzuki (with 3 URs and a DG).
Firstly I was referring to the lack of podium finishes at worlds and Sochi which is what sky_fly overhyped and then when she is called out for it she deflects the conversation to "oh well at least she's not Osmond".
Secondly, Osmond should have come 3rd in the team SP. But that's besides the point... She didnt cause (although she was one reason for) to Canada's loss of gold because even if she skated clean at her best she wasn't going to beat Lipnitskaia (and probably not Gold's FS either), so her coming 5th in the Team FS wouldn't have made a difference. Just like it wouldn't have mattered if Gold beat Julia or came last. The points were separated by such a margin (and kudos still goes to Russia for skating well, even if some placements were higher than deserved in the team event), that it wouldn't have mattered how Osmond did. The best she was getting in the SP was 5th (evidently) and the best she could have done in the FS is probably 3rd given how Lip and Gold skated. So it wasn't her single-handed fault Canada lost gold.
Blaming Osmond for Canada's lack of gold is like blaming Castelli/Shnapir for USA's lack of silver. Obviously they were both that countries' weakest discipline. Russia was strong in all four disciplines and benefited from higher placements for Lip in the SP and Plu in the FS -- the gold was theirs. Canada was 2nd in ice dance, pairs, and essentially men's, so they were gonna get silver at best no matter how Osmond skated (knowing Osmond wouldn't have placed 1st or 2nd in either segment given how Lip/Kostner and Lip/Gold skated).