2014 Olympics Asian Persuasion-Singles Events

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fredtx121

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So 3 men from Asian ethnicity backgrounds swept the podium this Olympics in the men's event.
Will this also be for the ladies? I think it will be Yuna Kim,Mao Asada and wild card Akiko Suzuki.
I know I know Julia L. will probably be in the mix but I feel the pressure will catch up to her in the women's individual event.

 

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amateur

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Well, where in Russia is Lipnitskaya from? She might even be Asian, too! ;-)

 

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salander

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Continuing this thought, 6 out of the top 7 finishers of the men's event are of Asian ethnicity. Oh well, who cares.

 

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This reminds me, isn't this the first time in forever since russia doesn't have a man on the podium? They've had a gold from '94-'06, and a silver from plushenko in '10. Wow.

 

Mathman

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amateur said:

Well, where in Russia is Lipnitskaya from? She might even be Asian, too! ;-)

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Ekarerinburg is in the Ural mountain region pretty much right smack on the border between Europe and Asia -- but technically on the Asia side by a few miles.

 

Mathman

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From the title of this thread I thought it was spam advertising an Asia dating service: Click here for "Asian-persuation singles events!"

 

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s_parks said:

This reminds me, isn't this the first time in forever since russia doesn't have a man on the podium? They've had a gold from '94-'06, and a silver from plushenko in '10. Wow.

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Denis was born in the Soviet Union and trained under Russian Coaches for years... So that's something for Russia.