How so? Would you revise the scoring system so that Jason could medal?I said it in the competition thread, and I will say it again. If a generational talent like Jason Brown is not winning world and Olympic medals, the scoring system is wrong.
How so? Would you revise the scoring system so that Jason could medal?I said it in the competition thread, and I will say it again. If a generational talent like Jason Brown is not winning world and Olympic medals, the scoring system is wrong.
But I think that there is another consideration. A sport has to have rules. It has to have well-defined procedures for determining the winner. Fugure skating is a strange sport if it solemnly declares that the rules forbid backflips. but if you do one anyway, we'll just grin along with the audience and give you a bronze medal.From Golden Skate's twitter feed:
Benoît Richaud
"Re the back flip: I love it. Because, I think we need to bring new elements. We need to be allowed to give a little bit of freedom to the skater. To give them more space to create new things. You know, I want to see more crazy spins. I want to see new creativity. The crowd is more crazy than that. So, you see the impact. "
Even judges were grinning during Adam's back flip.
I spoke to Jason after men's free ( saw him on the street and approached). He confirmed he is definitely coming back next year.And to make it even better, Brown strongly hinted he would be back and is off to create new programs
it annoys me to no end that Kim Hyungyeom, who I think I had the best SP performance until Sadovsky, barely made the free skate and Siao Him Fa spent his SP tripping over his jumps and congratulating the ice with his butt yet scored three points higher than him. Some of ya’ll want to talk about scoring discrepancies and PCS being incorrectly scored? Well, there’s Exhibit A right there.
A sport has to have rules. It has to have well-defined procedures for determining the winner. Fugure skating is a strange sport if it solemnly declares that the rules forbid backflips. but if you do one anyway, we'll just grin along with the audience and give you a bronze medal.
Sort of like hockey. Fighting is against the rules, but we hope you do it anyway. The crowd loves it.
Keegan?
Some reading for those who read French or will bother using a translator..
Media is talking about the quad Axel and about Deanna's historic win but the title of the article and its focus is
Adam Siao Him Fa ' s crazy day... Which is in French La folle journée d Adam SHF... Which refers to ferris bueller's.day off.
La folle journée d’Adam Siao Him Fa
Le jeune patineur français a conquis la foule montréalaise avec une remontée époustouflante samedi lors du programme libre aux mondiaux de patinage artistique.ici.radio-canada.ca
Only great champions can react after a staggering failure. And the informed audience of the mythical Centre Bell in Montreal (Canada) was not mistaken when it came to offering a true standing ovation worthy of a Canadian skater or a future world champion. It was neither one nor the other. But the Frenchman Adam Siao Him Fa, author of a stunning free program (206.90 points and 284.39 points on the cumulative), on Saturday, March 23, which allowed him to invite himself to the general surprise on the podium when he had completely missed the short program (19th), two days earlier.
A quotation from an article by France info
Is this a debate? I thought I was just giving my opinion. Which I defend by saying, "Of course this is my opinion. I wouldn't say it if it were not my opinion." My opinion remains that "figure skating is a strange sport"I require logic in a debate.
Cool picture of Fa upside down. I have no axe to grind.By the way, you might be interested in the front page of ISU's Instagram:
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Three amazing and historic feats.Some reading for those who read French or will bother using a translator..
Media is talking about the quad Axel and about Deanna's historic win but the title of the article and its focus is
Adam Siao Him Fa ' s crazy day...
I love that. Do you know the French for "crazypants?"Some reading for those who read French or will bother using a translator..
Media is talking about the quad Axel and about Deanna's historic win but the title of the article and its focus is
Adam Siao Him Fa ' s crazy day... Which is in French La folle journée d Adam SHF... Which refers to ferris bueller's.day off.
La folle journée d’Adam Siao Him Fa
Le jeune patineur français a conquis la foule montréalaise avec une remontée époustouflante samedi lors du programme libre aux mondiaux de patinage artistique.ici.radio-canada.ca
When talking about someone I'd say simply fou or cinglé... Capoté might be used in Québec. Fêlé is probably my favorite.I love that. Do you know the French for "crazypants?"
And I disagree with Hanretty and my understanding of PCS is just fine. Siao Him Fa’s presentation of his short program was very poor. The mistakes he made, to include, “congratulating the ice with his butt” were highly distracting and negatively affected the entire program. He was so off-axis on his last jump that the crowd gasped. The entire first half of his program was very messy (the second wasn’t that good either. But the step sequence was. I will give him that) and those mistakes were improperly reflected in the PCS. He nearly got the PCS that he gets when he’s clean, which is ridiculous.Mark Hanretty addressed that very issue on air and would disagree with you. And above all else - learn about PCS.
ISU Program Components
Nowhere in the above document will you see "congratulating the ice with the butt" as grounds for wiping out ISU criteria for scoring components.
And I disagree with Hanretty and my understanding of PCS is just fine.
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Is this a debate? I thought I was just giving my opinion. Which I defend by saying, "Of course this is my opinion. I wouldn't say it if it were not my opinion." My opinion remains that "figure skating is a strange sport"
Cool picture of Fa upside down. I have no axe to grind.
Québécois media use to be quite intense back then. Albertville, 1992.Thanks for posting that.
"But the journey of Frenchman Adam Siao Him Fa is worthy of a film script."
I use Firefox so it automatically translates French to English. Man, the French can really eat their own! Then look at the 180-degree turn in the media after the FS.
Some reading for those who read French or will bother using a translator..
Media is talking about the quad Axel and about Deanna's historic win but the title of the article and it's focus is
Adam Siao Him Fa ' s crazy day... Which is inf French La fille journée d Adam SHF... Which refers to ferris bueller's.day off.
La folle journée d’Adam Siao Him Fa
Le jeune patineur français a conquis la foule montréalaise avec une remontée époustouflante samedi lors du programme libre aux mondiaux de patinage artistique.ici.radio-canada.ca
This was well worth the read. They are not kidding about the unflattering photos the French media used for Adam
But I had to laugh when they referred to l’analyste Alain Goldberg, qui n’est pas reconnu pour sa retenue/Alain Goldberg who is not known for his restraint.
(For those who may not know, Alain was the "excited French guy" you could hear during Mark Hanretty's commentary. The whole skating world is now aware that he is not known for his restraint)
I am also as to why Adam did not speak French at the gala. His English is not on the level of Anthony Paradis, for example, (no reason it should be, just a comparison) and he was in a French speaking city.