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Originally Posted by Cali Flames Fan
All I know is the American commentators stated that Virtue and Moir skated flawlessly and Davis and White had a small flaw (must have been referring to the finnstep), yet the Americans topped the Canadians who had just set the record for points in a long program. Not sure how you do better than a record setting performance with a flaw in the program.
Count me out of watching any judged sport ever again. I'm done, it's stupid. It's obviously pre-arranged and you may as well be watching professional wrestling for the "competition". What a waste.
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There is no Finnstep in the FD.
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Originally Posted by Skaloper
I watched the rant and agree on one thing. They need to change Ice Dance so that it has a definitive way that you can set one performance from another. If that is not possible remove it from the games.
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They do, it's called Code of Points and is the best way to set each skate apart from each other. Again, just because the average viewer don't see anything doesn't mean it isn't there.
Dance is more than just twizzles and staying on your feet.
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Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda
Other judged sports don't have the history of corruption that figure skating does
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Name more than one proven corruption charge.
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Originally Posted by Northendzone
i thought they should have included at least 12% more prancing to thier program......i dunno, i guess it is easy in a judged sport to claim the fix was in. I was a little surprised to learn this morning (courtesy of the Fan) that the same coaches worked with the gold and silver meadalists........
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What people always seem to forget to mention is that Marina Zueva coaches something like 2 or 3 other teams in addition to Virtue/Moir and Davis/White. It's also pretty common. The best coaches attract the best teams. Look at Brian Orser who coaches several singles skaters.