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- Jun 21, 2003
This whining has materialized for the first time in how many years/decades? Just when 6:0 at GPF became a clear possibility. Coincidence? Sure, sure....
People, including skating officials, have been whining about figure skating judging every year since the 1800s.
If you judge GOE from -3 to +3, someone will whine about that. If you raise it to -5 to +5 people will whine about that. If you make it a percentage of base value, people will whine about that. If you make it a fixed number of points ...
If < means less than 90 degree or if in means between 90 and 180, someone will be up in arms with righteous indignation. If you give more leeway to the judges and correspondingly diminish the power of the tech panel, or vice versa, someone will complain abut that, either way.
No matter what the details of the rules, someone will be eager to jump up and prove how that rule puts his skater at a disadvantage.
As for the fact that some judges think a jump is worth 0 GOE and others think that the same jump is wortth +3 -- Yes. that's what judging means.
Anyway ... since everyone has a complaint about everything no matter what, here is mine :
Based only on the skating, this should be the greatest and most enjoyable season of figure skating ever. We are seeing feats of athleticism that were not even imagined two years ago, and all this without neglecting blade-to-ice skills and performance values. But instead of celebrating our good fortune, all we can do is mope around feeling sorry for ourselves.
The headline should be "Shcherbakova skates brilliantly at Cup of China, wins going away with two quad Lutzes!"
Instead the headline is, "Young You didn't get a < on her triple flip, and here's a video to show what an unspeakable and outrageous travesty that is!!!!"
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