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so Japan gets seven points in pairs for not having a team??? That sounds wrong. No skater no points no money.
its a default point so teams won't have a deficit in a descipline
so Japan gets seven points in pairs for not having a team??? That sounds wrong. No skater no points no money.
Actually, I'm predicting that if he makes mistakes, he won't win at WTT; after all this competition doesn't really matter - or not in the same way - and they can come out and be all "But, look, he didn't win here! See how fair we are?" Like last year, you know.
Thanks! it makes it more fair I guess and also less predictable)I believe the current version of the Olympic event has one skater/team per discipline, and 10 teams qualified rather than 6 teams.
WTT will be at Yoyogi National Stadium, Tokyo on April 11-14. It will be streamed on icenetwork.com and will be broadcast on TV in Japan (and will probably be available through other channels too). Actually, I'm not sure if it'll be available live on icenetwork this time, or if it will be available after some delay.
so Japan gets seven points in pairs for not having a team??? That sounds wrong. No skater no points no money.
so Japan gets seven points in pairs for not having a team??? That sounds wrong. No skater no points no money.
I wonder whether Olympic Team event has exactly the same format? Anyone knows the rules? Underweight of Dance and Pairs is so unfair, that I think it can be explained only by the fact that it is commercial Japanese event. Will this unbalance stay for Olympic team competition?
I believe the current version of the Olympic event has one skater/team per discipline, and 10 teams qualified rather than 6 teams.
If none of the countries send any skaters to any event, does that mean they each automatically get 28 points total (or is that just for couples), and it becomes a 6-way tie?
Haha. Holy true. Last year at WTT people started feeling optimistic hoping that the things finally turning to the good side. Then at JO the hopes only grew up. And then CoR where he shouldn't have won SP. Then GPF where he took Javi's bronze. Then CN where so many believe (except Canadians) that Kevin should have won. And now the second fake win at Worlds in the row. Yeah. Seems like ISU judges can be fair and impartial only if two conditions are on the table: 1. the competition doesn't really matter. 2. ISU is not the one who pays rent.Actually, I'm predicting that if he makes mistakes, he won't win at WTT; after all this competition doesn't really matter - or not in the same way - and they can come out and be all "But, look, he didn't win here! See how fair we are?" Like last year, you know.
In that case I think every team would get 18 points?
This 7 points thing is a red herring. The results are exactly the same whether you start counting at 0, at 1, at 7, or at a million. If the points were 1,000,001 for last place, 1,000,002 for next to last, etc., it would be just the same. I think they start counting at 7 for pairs and dance just for public perception purposes -- when you read the final results in the paper, it doesn't look like pairs and dance were slighted.
Also, the pairs and dance team feel better because they can say, hey, I contributed 12 points to the team just like the singles winners did.
I believe the current version of the Olympic event has one skater/team per discipline, and 10 teams qualified rather than 6 teams.