I've said it before and I'll say it again.. it needs to be raised a lot. I'm thinking at least 40 so Midori Ito can come back and claim her rightful gold medal and I can win the silver.
You're my favourite
I've said it before and I'll say it again.. it needs to be raised a lot. I'm thinking at least 40 so Midori Ito can come back and claim her rightful gold medal and I can win the silver.
Your will always able to see Dasa Grm nor Olga Mikutina at the competitions where they really belong, i. e. Austria and Croatia Championships, Challengers etc. The fact the see them at WC instead of 3 World and/or Olympic Champions (who are in top 10 of World Standing) is a sham.I am originally from Slovenia and if that was the case we would never be able to see Dasa Grm nor Olga Mikutina
You're my favourite
If some federation and fans believe that age limit should be raised, there is nothing to stop them creating and running their own special competitions with the raised age limits.if the Russian Federation and fans believe that their wealth of ladies do not have enough chances to shine, there is nothing to stop them creating and running their own special competition...
Your will always able to see Dasa Grm nor Olga Mikutina at the competitions where they really belong, i. e. Austria and Croatia Championships, Challengers etc. The fact the see them at WC instead of 3 World Champions (who are in top 10 of World Standing) is a sham.
Your will always able to see Dasa Grm nor Olga Mikutina at the competitions where they really belong, i. e. Austria and Croatia Championships, Challengers etc. The fact the see them at WC instead of 3 World and/or Olympic Champions (who are in top 10 of World Standing) is a sham.
I am afraid I disagree.
It would be a sham to have ten skaters from any one country at the *World's* championship, no matter their scores, jumps, or other achievements. The Worlds championships are for the world's skaters, and without the world, they would be a sham.
Something called.. I don't know.. Russian Nationals?
I've said it before and I'll say it again.. it needs to be raised a lot. I'm thinking at least 40 so Midori Ito can come back and claim her rightful gold medal and I can win the silver.
I think WC should be a sport competition where only the best of the bests in the *World* are supposed to compete. Some people thinks it should be some kind of international festival made especially for them to watch on TV how guy from their village takes last place. I think we already have OG for that purpose.
I believe that the solution here is to change the GPF. I think it should be 12 skaters with no limit on country participation. There is no way, in my opinion, that the isu is going to change the format of the WC. Sure Russia might vote to change the numbers but no one else is going to. It's a dead in the water issue. Rather than complaining about the perceived unfairness (which as I have pointed out has been an issue for awhile) we need to look for a out of the box solution and the GPF seems to be the best solution.
Failing that maybe the Russians or Japanese can come up with some kind of made for TV event that has an invitational field. Heck if I had the money I'd do one for Pairs. It would mostly be Chinese and Russians with a handful of Canadians but it could be cool. The question is and always will be money.
The most top-level skaters are exhausted after Worlds. Such a skater would have competeted in three high-level competitions within a three month span. It’s more likely that the skaters that did not qualify for GPF, 4CC/Euros, or Worlds would participate and the skaters that did would withdraw. If that’s the case, wouldn’t this be counterproductive?
Such a competition should probably be in WTT format. WTT takes place in April and the skaters take it seriously enough for the money and because it counts for SBs, but not so seriously that they’re succumbing to pressure. And why skip juniors? I thought this was about strong countries? Nowadays skipping the juniors probably means going all the way down to the 50s. For both men and ladies.
I don't need to convince anybody in anything. I just express my opinion that Niki Wories and Natasha McKay going to WC instead of Kaori Sakamoto and Ensoo Lim is a disgrace.In the end, all the arguments for and against don't matter. You need to convince the smaller feds - the ones you want out of the worlds to fit your own phenoms in? - to vote against their own interests.
Welll.... as they say, lotsa luck on that one.
I don't need to convince anybody in anything. I just express my opinion that Niki Wories and Natasha McKay going to WC instead of Kaori Sakamoto and Ensoo Lim is a disgrace.
I believe that the solution here is to change the GPF. I think it should be 12 skaters with no limit on country participation. There is no way, in my opinion, that the isu is going to change the format of the WC. Sure Russia might vote to change the numbers but no one else is going to. It's a dead in the water issue. Rather than complaining about the perceived unfairness (which as I have pointed out has been an issue for awhile) we need to look for a out of the box solution and the GPF seems to be the best solution.
Failing that maybe the Russians or Japanese can come up with some kind of made for TV event that has an invitational field. Heck if I had the money I'd do one for Pairs. It would mostly be Chinese and Russians with a handful of Canadians but it could be cool. The question is and always will be money.
Some people consider FS competitions not as a professional's skill contest but as an vulgar show of funny guys or flamboyant women on ice. Guy is not good in skating? But he is so emotional! Girl couldn't jump triple-triple? But look how joyous she is! Send her to WC!I would rather see Donovan Carrillo than the fourth best American, Japanese or Russian man, although their history of scores may far exceed Donovan's.
The format of Worlds is not going to change. And personally, I like that it won't change. Luckily, as the format of Worlds is probably never going to change, I will get what I want. As long as Donovan gets those darned minimums:gaah:
OK so you won't, in fact, get what you want...
I really wish ether side saw how this kind of response is inflammatory, but oh well.
Some people consider FS competitions not as a professional's skill contest but as an vulgar show of funny guys or flamboyant women on ice. Guy is not good in skating? But he is so emotional! Girl couldn't jump triple-triple? But look how joyous she is! Send her to WC!