Finished updating the Gjersem Twins:
http://www.goldenskate.com/forum/showthread.php?59050-Anne-Line-Gjersem-amp-Camilla-Marie-Gjersem
HOWEVER, I think I have come across something worrying.
There were a LOT fewer videos on YouTube than I expected. When I searched for “Gjersem”, there were only 5 pages worth of performance videos. Just less than 100 videos is not a lot, especially considering that the search was taking in 2 skaters.
Admittedly, a lot of the competitions that the twins have competed in have been Senior B’s or domestic competitions. And it is only in the past couple of years that these sorts of events have started to be filmed.
On the other hand, between them the twins have competed at 16 Major events (be it Junior or Senior level). And normally there are at least half a dozen videos uploaded for each performance at the Major events (apart from the Olympics, of course, where the videos get taken down very quickly).
However, there were a great lack of videos from even the Majors. There were a lot of competitions where there was only 1 copy from each segment. Or, just 1 video from the entire competition, even though the twin in question competed in both segments.
That is not normal for the Majors.
And this is why I am getting concerned. I am starting to think that there has maybe been a purge of figure skating videos on YouTube.
Also, it was VERY noticeable that there were very few Eurosport videos.
So, are we starting to see the affects of Eurosport’s new ownership? Are Discovery clamping down and getting Eurosport videos removed?
That said, there were not as many TDP or спорт-2 videos as I was expecting either.
All of which makes me think that figure skating videos are getting targeted and removed en masse.
If this is the case, it is very disappointing for us fans.
CaroLiza_fan
