Just finished watching. After that we watched the curling episode too. I had no idea curling could be exciting! I remember the first time I saw it during '98 Nagano. Watching tv from far without my glasses, I thought people were just cleaning the ice. Only much much later to realise it was actually an Olympic sport. Anyway, back to skating. The Bonaly episode wasn't too bad, it's similar to a podcast or a radio broadcast perhaps where they thought Bonaly never won because of her colour. I like how Bonaly explained she didn't blame Sato and it wasn't her fault. That is the first time I heard her say that. And I think her disappointment came across well. It made her behaviour more understandable. I still think it was the wrong attitude on the podium, but I understood her better this time.
It's good to see her more relaxed and happy in life now. She and her partner make a nice couple.
I do wonder sometimes, if now and then racism wasn't at play. I mean, we had some bad skates win competitions because judges liked those skaters, even though they didn't have enough positive points to justify a win. We also had other skaters who still won without being really great skaters. So why not give Bonaly a win with a clean skate once? On the other hand, we had people from different background win before as well. Who knows what was going on with the judges? This is all speculation and it's dangerous to speculate either way too much on such serious subjects.
It's good to see her more relaxed and happy in life now. She and her partner make a nice couple.
I do wonder sometimes, if now and then racism wasn't at play. I mean, we had some bad skates win competitions because judges liked those skaters, even though they didn't have enough positive points to justify a win. We also had other skaters who still won without being really great skaters. So why not give Bonaly a win with a clean skate once? On the other hand, we had people from different background win before as well. Who knows what was going on with the judges? This is all speculation and it's dangerous to speculate either way too much on such serious subjects.