I'm probably one of few who loves Gilles/Poirier's FD. It enchants me. Yes it's not traditional, but it's still cool!
Maybe she got the times mixed up. Maybe she left the rink to be back in time and got caught in traffic. Maybe she overslept. Cut the girl a little slack I'm sure she isn't aiming to be a serial offender. Podium police
Did someone say she had a suitcase? Maybe she had a flight to catch?
Yes, she was waiting for Gorshkov (and Kolyada) near the boards with her suitcase as I'm sure they had the same flight (St. Petersburg) verses Moscow for everybody else. Their flight could have left earlier for all we know. And maybe she didn't have time to change from street clothes to costume back to street clothes.
I really don't understand why anyone thinks her behaviour was acceptable. It is not just about the rules, it is about basic respect and sportsmanship.
I'm probably one of few who loves Gilles/Poirier's FD. It enchants me. Yes it's not traditional, but it's still cool!
So many words about Artemieva.Or her costume tore. Or a skate broke and she had no shoes suitable. or. ? She was there, which is all that is required.
For somebody who is picturing the cast hanging on crosses, it is rather strange to have a tap dancing sequence in the middle of the song! Like, their feet are 6 foot off the ground, how are they supposed to tap dance?!
Nobody here knows what happened, so I think it's more about giving her the benefit of the doubt and not trying to read anything sinister into the situation. We weren't there, we don't know the details. I do know that Maria isn't someone with a reputation for bad sportsmanship, and I can't believe that she wouldn't have been proud to stand on the podium, because it's not like she gets that many opportunities. Anyway, what do you want to happen, since you keep harping on this - do you think should she be stripped of her medal, banned from ISU competitions or something? I believe Julia had to pay a fine for the CoC podium no-show incident, but I don't know if that applies to a little senior B. Whatever the rules are, it's between her and the ISU.
I don't necessarily think it was acceptable... I'm just trying to give her the benefit of the doubt, since we don't know and aren't likely to know the details.
Do need to clarify: wasn't watching FS in 2011/12, (break timeso I have no idea what Yuzu did. I'm just not feeling it for Igatenko on its own merits. In fact, the middle of the program lost me, so if that's what Yuzu did, wouldn't have liked his program either.
The trouble with trying to have folders for each of the Challengers series is that there are way too many of them.
But we will kick the situation around and try to improve the sitation. 100 page threads on 8 separate competitions is difficult to sort out.
I hope the bookmark links help a bit.