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- Dec 29, 2011
Mrs.P said:Just something to chew over: Rachael Flatt got fined (not to mention dropped from 8th to 12th place) by U.S. Figure Skating for skating injured at 2011 Worlds: http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2...asu-reprimands
Mrs.P, I like Rachael a lot, and I don't think she deserved the hate and rage she got back then, but I don't think the situations are comparable at all.
With Yuzuru, we saw the incident that caused the injury. The majority of people are way more emotionally invested if they actually saw where the injury is coming from instead of not knowing about it. It was a way more 'dramatic' injury too, blood and all. I'd guess a good part of the "villain Rachael" post were coming from Mirai fans too - they were probably angered and/or disappointed they couldn't see their fave, and let that out on Rachael. Yuzu didn't "steal" anyone's spot (neither did Rachael, IMO, but I guess some people view it that way).
It's true though that Yuzu has a way bigger fan base here than Rachael, so there were fans to "defend" him from people calling him stupid for what he did. Probably, he'd get treated differently even in the exact same situation...