Just asking
Thank you, Sam-Sqwantch; tech panel also matters as we know. I just forgot to mention it
Pairs
Referee Ms. Margaret WORSFOLD ISU
Technical Controller Ms. Susan LYNCH ISU
Technical Specialist Mr. Brad COX ISU
Assistant Technical Specialist Ms. Veronique FLEURY ISU
Data Operator Mr. Dingding LIU ISU
Replay Operator Ms. Lisa JELINEK ISU
Technical Controller Ms. Sally REHORICK ISU
tionThere will only be ONE judge for World's... and that will be ME!
I will decide for myself, who was great and who was not!
What the ISU judges think, will be mildly interesting. Possibly even entertaining.
But I stopped really caring what they think, a long time ago. It's cool and all when they give good scores to those who earned them, when they seem to do a good job, when they seem to be fair... but these days it just doesn't matter to me so much if they do or don't.
There's going to be a lot of fantastic skating... drama, emotion, surprise, disappointment, heartbreak and triumph... and I am stoked for all that! I am going to enjoy the spectacle that unfolds ON the ice! :-D
As for the "drama" and "controversy" that's inevitably going to follow, OFF the ice... can't be bothered. Don't care who the official judges are.
There are no Asian judges on this panel or on the tech panel, even though Asian skaters (non-Russians) compose more than 20 percent of the competitors.
Furthermore, if the ISU had any interests in fairness after the Sochi debacle, they would have no judges from any eastern bloc nations bordering Russia. yet Ukraine, Lithuainia and Estonia are all Eastern bloc nations and members of the former Soviet Union. I realize that many people in these countries dislike Russians, but many also support them. We saw the results this judging bloc gave us in Sochi. With the situation in Crimea, I thought they would be more tactful, but I guess I was wrong.
Also, European are (over-represented) and North Americans (well-represented) on these panels.
In my opinion, It looks like downright discrimination against Asian skaters.
Men
Referee Ms. Yukiko OKABE ISU
Technical Controller Ms. Raffaella LOCATELLI ISU
Technical Specialist Ms. Lisa ERVIN ISU
Assistant Technical Specialist Ms. Jae-Eun CHUNG ISU
Data Operator Ms. Lisa JELINEK. ISU
Replay Operator Mr. Dingding LIU. ISU
Ice Dance Tech Panel
Ref Horen - USA
TC - Hurth - FRA
TS - Zukiwsky - CAN
ATS - Ponomarenko - RUS
Judge Panel SD
Keen - CAN
Fomina - RUS
Kozubek - POL
Alpern - ISR (Is she ever home in Israel?)
Dabouis - FRA
Cesaro - ITA
Wendt - GER
Mikhailouskaya - UKR
Toth - HUN