"It appears you are speechless because you are not familiar with how our sport actually works, this isn't swimming."
I've never compared figure skating to swimming. I was simply referring to Asian swimmers who train in Australia to show you Yuna didn't break up with Brian "abruptly". their contract ended.
You said "many Canadians are still offended by the lack of tact she showed when she abruptly broke up with Orser after the Olympics despite that Canada nurtured and supported her for all those years even though she was a big rival to Joannie Rochette (without Yu Na, Rochette would have won Worlds in 2009)".
and I just said that I wouldn't say my country is nurturing and supporting those Asian swimmers.
"They were the live witnesses and were in a much better position to judge than people who watched it over some scratchy feed with pixel and unstable connections issues. Some people in the crowd are very knowledgeable and experienced based on decades on involvement with the sport, including many former / current skaters, officials (e.g. British Team officials sat behind us during the OD and they were dissecting the level on Virtue/Moir's twizzle) . With a bunch of them together, very few errors in single skating can escape their eyes. In this case, I feel this London crowd really knows their stuff well, those are some pretty hard-core people who are willing to pay thousands of dollars for these tickets + travel and accommodation not just some $12 streaming sites or free internet links."
I agree the people who were in the actual game are in a much better position to judge. And many of them, understandably, would be experts in figure skating world. But it doesn't mean that people like me who watch the competition on TV or on the internet have to be silent and should not try to judge nor express our opinions.
"Interesting, where did you get this fact from? Because you say so? I provided my assessment on the jump and sometimes, I don't agree with the Tech Panel as was the case with Kevin Reynolds last night but I don't need anyone else to tell me how to render a call. It doesn't make my opinion a fact and I don't expect everyone to agree. You need to understand Figure Skating is not a sport where decisions are made with the precision of a Rolex timer. It's entirely possible a different panel would have called it differently. Yu Na, had in the past, being on both sides of such call. Sometimes, she got lucky, other times, a case could be made that the call was too strict. That's why there are 3 people on the Technical Panel and the majority wins where a consensus is not possible."
As you don't agree with the tech panel in some case, I simply don't agree them on Asada's 3A. Just like you said your opinion might not be a fact and you don't expect everyone to agree, it is my opinion which might not be necessarily a fact and I don't expect everyone to agree.
I understand decisions can't be made with the precision of a Rolex timer, I strongly believe that the same standards should be applied to all of skaters in the same competition - I don't think it's not that difficult to judge players fairly in the same competition (e.g. if judges were to be really generous in giving PCS, they, at least, try to be generous toward ALL not just to specific players.)
"FYI, there is no such thing as a "tech judge" in Figure Skating. I appreciate you want to learn more about our sport but clearly, there is still a lot you don't know. And I am pretty sure in Australia, you guys also require solid evidence before you can reasonably accuse other people of cheating so what evidences do you hold?"
I accept the fact that there may be lots of things that I still don't know about figure skating as I'm not an expert like some of you guys are.
I was referring to tech panel.
But I never accused someone of cheating. I simply stated fact that I don't agree with Asada's mark on her 3A (esp. +GOE). Because "to me" it was under-rotated. Again, as you said my opinion might not be a fact and I don't expect everyone to agree with me.
"I am not surprised, I don't think even Yu Na fans here would want to associate themselves with you because you clearly don't have enough knowledge about our sport to be throwing out these serious accusations on the judging."
I don't expect any Yuna fans to support me or anything -_-
I just expressed my opinions.
And as far as I understand, yes everyone is entitled to express their own opinions and everyone here is entitled not to agree with the judges.
Also since when figure skating is YOUR sport? so I'm not entitled to enjoy figure skating as I'm so ignorant in that kind of fancy sports compared to someone like you who is so expert? I'm not totally ignorant in this sport. I know the rules, more than enough to express my own opinions.
if you were interested in swimming, cricket or AFL, you CAN express your own opinions even if you were not an expert. And I would be happy that you are loving those sports. I would NEVER ever say those sports belong to only a specific group of people. Every sports is there for anyone to enjoy.
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