Agreed - terrible! I thought there was something wrong with my computer and that I was picking up that awful sound from some other site. I keep having to turn off the sound between skaters.
WHy do they do that?
I have no idea but I wish they'd stop. I too resorted to muting everything that wasn't the program.
In other news, Caroline and Gordon Green won by 22 points, they're 45 points above the bronze medalists, and 55 points above the pewter medalists. That's incredible. It's like Yuzu, but in novice ice dance.