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this is disgusting to say the least.... mirai has international experience in the olympics vs edmunds. it's all about politics!
could I ask for a favor?
Would anyone who saw the Press Conference be so kind and give us a little play-by-play of what happened?
That would be nice! Thanks!
Were there eager cameramen hunting Mirai Nagasu down like they did with Kozuka and Oda at the JN? hwell:
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USFS, if anyone, apparently was clueless on the question of whether Edmunds is eligible.
Hersh was tweeting the changing outlook at USFS (as opposed to his own outlook). Not fair to blame the messenger.
Possibly. But there is also the possibility that this whole document is so much baloney. The USFSA has to make sure that Nationals is not classified as an official "Olympic qualifying event." I noticed in the television coverage last night that the commentators went out of their way to say, over and over, "no, no, this will be decided by a committee."
this is disgusting to say the least.... mirai has international experience in the olympics vs edmunds. it's all about politics!
The USFSA gave criteria lists for their selection, the GP being the top criteria. Mirai medalled on the GP this year yet they choose Polina, who has skated one standout comp and never competed as a senior internationally. Seems like they followed their criterria to choose the pairs team (by omitting c/d) but didn't for the ladies.
But Edmunds' eligibility was never a question. Phil Hersh is a journalist covering figure skating, therefore he should know the rules. And the rules state that the minimum scores have to be obtained at an international ISU-sanctioned competition in the current or the previous season. Scores for Junior Worlds can be earned at Junior events only but scores for Europeans/Four Continents/Olympics can be earned at any level. Edmunds competed at two JGP events and JGPF and she has easily made the minimums.
How do you justify leaving D/C at home and taking Wagner? the hypocrisy in this sport is so thick it is a joke! Any wonder pairs skating is told failure in this country? Leave the pair that has had the most international success AND won the LP but justify taking the lady who tanked the LP (while the pair who makes major errors in the LP wins the Nat gold).
I watched the feed live and find it odd that proctor and gamble congratulated their "covergirls" going to sochi on twitter before that lady made the announcement, took it down and it came back 10 minutes later. I bet D&C wish they had a big sponsor that usfsa had to answer to.
How do you justify leaving D/C at home and taking Wagner? the hypocrisy in this sport is so thick it is a joke! Any wonder pairs skating is told failure in this country? Leave the pair that has had the most international success AND won the LP but justify taking the lady who tanked the LP (while the pair who makes major errors in the LP wins the Nat gold).