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I'm not sure why you state that as though it's fact. It didn't sound like there were lyrics to me, or to the judges at Skate Canada, French Nats and Europeans. Why would Joubert, J.C. Simond and Kurt Browning knowingly break the rules? And surely the French federation would have tried to avoid this problem if it was as obvious as you suggest?
I think in a situation like that, a skater should be given the benefit of the doubt unless it's really glaring. Maybe there can be some way to certify music at the start of the season - waiting until Worlds to stick him with a deduction was unfair.
Because if you listen to the music it has words being sung on it. It is very obvious. Worlds was the only time i saw the performance and all the way through i was complaining that he was using music with vocal lyrics in it. If anything the judges at previous competitions should be sanctioned for not enforcing the rule. I suspect that like most things go, on the GP he was given the benefit if the doubt that skaters who are out of the top 10 at worlds would not get.
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