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Originally Posted by FFR
What I find somewhat funny is that prior to the women's event, a bunch of people were pointing to the idea that you can always pick the winner in figure skating - there are no surprises because the judges always know the winners. This was used as support that figure skating judging is corrupt. Now, a surprise winner occurs - something no one expected - which is what people were calling for earlier in the week... And now it's evidence of corruption. Can't be both ways.
Expected winner wins: Corruption! because the judges knew the winner ahead of time.
Unexpected upset: Corruption! Because she shouldn't have won and the expected winner (Kim, who did skate beautifully) should have.
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Can't speak for everyone, but I was talking about ice dancing only when saying there are no upsets. There's always been debates/upsets in the other events - see Canada men's skaters winning world championships but never the Olympics.