Judges liked d/s! They wanted them to win an Olympic medal! They knew the OD was a disaster for them so encouraged their doing aboriginal as it had no recognizable dance moves to most and d/s could do anything and indeed they won euro title and be Olympic bronze.
I hate to bring this program up because I like Domnina/Shabalin as a team but... what in the world were they thinking?:hopelessness: His injury may have ruined their chance at a long victorious career, but this program ruined their legacy (I mean, that's what most people remember them for - some don't know anything about them outside of this little gem of a number).
Without this program d/s would not have won Olympic bronze. It was very vital and important to avoid any recognizable dance as Shabalin couldn’t do anything with his knee problems. People said do Russian folk instead! Have these people ever seen Russian folk? Men bend their knees very aggressively! Shabalin couldn’t do that!
You are wrong! When d/s did some refinement shows their aboriginal was what they did because audiences demanded it!
It will always be true that Australia could have stopped this dance but they chose not to!! Everyone agreed it violated the rules of the od but no one went to isu to have them ban it. Australia had the standing.
They had to do it! It was the only way they could compete! It won them bronze. Australia had the power to ban the dance but didn’t use it. I think Australia was convinced by United States and Canada not to get the isu to ban the dance.
Somone - I don’t know who- asked isu to ban the ropes d/s were using in their free dance on transition Lifts and that was unsuccessful.
of course one has one's own opinions 
