Give Chem a break guys. She doesn't have to do this for you all....
Ok. Comments like these make me want to vomit. She's a child.
Same! I have very little interest in Ladies, juniors or seniors, but I stayed up for long enough to watch her and then went straight to bed thinking "Damn, she has a shot, but it's tiny", and it wad great to wake up to see she'd made it! She looked so disappointed after the SP, I hope she's back to the happiness from Yokohama. And Donovan and the other kids cheering for her were adorable.ANDREA MONTESINOS CANTU QUALIFIED FOR THE FS!
Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!
I looked into this a couple of months ago because I was curious. The main problem imo is that not a lot of non-European countries that are ISU members actually have ISU judges that they can enter in the draw. F.e. South Africa has one judge for singles and pairs and one judge can only be entered in one draw - mens, ladies or pairs in that case. So the big nations who have a lot of judges can enter up to four judges, one for each discipline. If you only have one judge you can only participate in one draw. So the solution is that the non-European countries simply need more ISU judges. If the ISU makes this particularly hard maybe you have a conspiracy theory there but I guess we all want well educated judges.
And I don't think that European judges highly favour Russian skaters, at least the judges from Western European countries don't have a tendency to do that (no proof, just my personal impression).
The chances of having a single non-European judge at Europeans f.e. are zero, simply because they draw the panel from European countries only because they have enough judges.
It's Russia vs Japan one year before Winter Olympics. 3+ potential 2018 medallists on stage. Tension!I think when talking about juniors we should choose words more carefully and some of the posts are just rude (((
Well not looking good for CAN here! Sarah has little to no chance of making the top 12 - which I thought she might be able to do. She seems to have the ability but does not seem to be able to do it when it counts. She can have some good results in minor events and shows promise but then falls apart in the big events.
Give Chem a break guys. She doesn't have to do this for you all....
2 + 3 = 8? Chemistry66? Thank goodness you aren't Math66.
And Marin can give me candy anytime. I'm sad people don't enjoy sweets. Maybe salty is your taste profile.
It exactly works that way. In other way Lipinski, Hughes, Sotnikova, Lysacek etc. would have never won Olympics...
I never understood where the "princess" comments come from. In my opinion, figure skating is a really tough sport that needs a lot of discipline and training. If you're a 'spoilt' girl and lazy you certainly won't get far in this very tough world. Is it because some skaters like pink and sparkles? We all know that figure skating is a very visual thing, too. I don't see anything wrong with dressing up and feeling comfortable in a pretty costume is good for your performance. You are extremely exposed on the ice and I think that's why Marin is a skater that resonates so much with a lot of us. She doesn't look scared. She thrives and glows and she enjoys what she's doing. That's a confidence in the limelight that only very few skaters posess at that age.
You know that I don't care much about points, I care about the ranking and although I would have Marin above Alina I don't think that the result is totally unjustified. Alina is unrefined but she has qualities and if she's able to keep her jumps and also able to defy the intense competition in Russia she could become a very decent skater imo. I know, judging isn't based on potential but her team is hiding her shortcomings quite well with overly busy programs.I wouldn't have bothered commenting too much, but when the scoring has shown to be slanted as seen in the unprecedented score hikes for the Russians Jrs like Evgenia since her 1st year debut, and now 14 years old Alina who has just scored 70 (70!!) in a junior program, the sport has shown it is full of the double standard and hypocrisy. So Jun Hwan Cha should not earn high PCS due to his lack of experience, but 14 years old mechanical Alina (movements for movement's sake with little purpose or awareness) ought to get a better score than Evgenia has ever received as a junior, while Marin Like Hwan who is obvious to all (with attention to detail to choreography and musicality) did not receive higher PCS difference to the rest of the field, be robbed of their chance because of another slanted panel - how convenient. Doesn't the score all feel a bit artificial to you?
The make up of panel need to be evaluated to minimize subjective judging, avoid cultural and geographical biases even when judges are trying to mark honestly and in good faith. There are inherent biases, they are human.
A world championship is a global event, and its judges should be represented globally to ensure a level playing field for all.
If ISU continues NOT able to find any other judges apart from Europeans at ladies global event, and that only the Europeans continues to get generous marks, then ISU is clearly taking the p*ss and has completely failed as a sport governing body. Or frankly, there's something funny going by those in charge - how convenient.