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The first paragraph is almost like there is no politics except pro Russia politics. That's how it seems to read. Russia did lose all its best talent in coaching and dance and now most work for Americans and Canadians. But like they took their talent but not any politics?
US and Canada had no pairs in contention here and both countries share a strident hatred of Russia. That's also true of Britain. You say they don't work together to harm Russia? They are doing so right now. I don't say they were working for Australia just against the Russian team that should have won. Ekaterina is working desperately every day to become Australian so how is giving her team a win good for Russia or even neutral?
Completely true. Let's not forget that Politics play a part in any judged or subjective activity in the world. It has happened in Gymnastics as well. Any sport that doesn't have a finish line will suffer the same problems. I will also add that judges have preferences and there is absolutely no way around it. I don't know anything about surfing and I remember going to a surf contest in Huntington Beach, here in California. I thought all the surfers were awesome and as a Layman, I didn't understand what made certain moves get bigger scores. It's the same way with skating. Unless you really know from experience, you won't really recognize the difference between good and great skating.
The reason the Zayak rule came into play was because Elaine could whip a crowd into a frenzy by landing a bunch of easy jumps. It takes knowledge to realize that what she was doing, though exciting to watch, was quite simple and deemed to be over scored before they put the rule into place. The amount of training time and skill it takes to learn the varied take offs, arm variations, edges, and landings has finally started to show up in the scores.