I briefly checked to see if anyone's talking about this yet and didn't see anything, so here it is:
http://www.canada.com/olympics/news/...d-says-lequipe
Quote:
The fix is in.
L’Equipe, the French sports magazine, quoted on Friday an anonymous senior Russian coach who says Russia and the United States have set up a “proposed barter” to help each other at the Sochi Olympic figure skating events.
Because they are not in direct competition with each other in these events, the United States would help Russia win the team gold event, while Russia would reciprocate by supporting U.S. ice dancers Meryl Davis and Charlie White win gold over defending Olympic champions Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir, the L’Equipe source said.
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not that this should be even the slightest surprise if true, but it pisses me off so much anyways, especially after watching few episodes of the Tessa and Scott show and seeing how hard they've been working at this. the part of the article that's important is the bottom where they break down the technical differences between the Canadians and their American rivals, and how it really shouldn't even be close. and yet...it looks like we're about to witness another figure skating injustice unfold.