Yeah OK.half of it was paid to judges and athletes to get that medal count. Mainly looking forward to 2018/2020. Hope the next summer olympics goes smooth..
Yeah OK.half of it was paid to judges and athletes to get that medal count. Mainly looking forward to 2018/2020. Hope the next summer olympics goes smooth..
A good five days past and still salty? What's done is done. The rights to appeal the result are open to all member states of the ISU within a certain time frame including Korea and none of them chose to request a review at the time. I don't doubt the Koreans had their own people watching at the time to assess matters and that they didn't is pretty telling that they thought the scoring was fair. Time to move on from this endless 'Yuna was robbed' debate.
Given the toxic nature of a lot of the media coverage (especially coming out of Korea) it does bring into question whether as a nation they're a suitable host for the next games. No country enjoys defeat, but generally a people come to terms with it, but the continued vilification of the Russians has to raise security concerns as regards to the safety and well being of the athletes given the fanaticism of the queen Yuna brigade. I think the IOC should seriously reconsider Munich as the venue.
The fuming rage even on front pages of newspapers in, say, England when someone's wronged in a World Cup can certainly not be matched by anything during the olympic games, but in figure skating particularly controversies and debate and national grandstanding is the norm, it's happened every winter game.
Christ, I'm terrified of not being able to walk ever again even though I can still do what I love without them. Imagine not being able to do what you love most ever again and to lose your main source of income as well AND you can never walk again. I don't envy that person.Maria Komissarova who fell during training in ski cross is now paralyzed from the waist down. The course was pretty fast and challenging and we saw a lot of snowboarders/skiers go down. Pretty sad. Imagine training for years, and then learning that you'd have a chance to represent your country on home soil, and then crashing during a training run and possibly never being able to walk, ski again.
Of course you do. I see excessive '__ was robbed' comments on articles about any controversial sport's decision from any nation, particularly international events. In Vancouver they were far more widespread and plentiful before and after the figure skating e vents than in Sochi.
And there are massive petitions on change.org to deport Justin Bieber- anyone can put em up and they don't mean anything.
Although yes the author of that article does correctly point out the problems with the latest revision of the system where simply stacking difficult separate elements counts the most and not crafting a complete, coherent program. Doesn't explain some of the specific judges specific, significant deviations though.
You're also the only person in the world who would conflate understandable reaction to a controversial decision involving your nation's top athlete with a need for IOC to, in an unprecedented move, reconsider where the olympics are held right before they're about to start. Talk about hyperbole, irrationality and hysteria - you've got them covered.
A good five days past and still salty? What's done is done. The rights to appeal the result are open to all member states of the ISU within a certain time frame including Korea and none of them chose to request a review at the time. I don't doubt the Koreans had their own people watching at the time to assess matters and that they didn't is pretty telling that they thought the scoring was fair. Time to move on from this endless 'Yuna was robbed' debate.
Given the toxic nature of a lot of the media coverage (especially coming out of Korea) it does bring into question whether as a nation they're a suitable host for the next games. No country enjoys defeat, but generally a people come to terms with it, but the continued vilification of the Russians has to raise security concerns as regards to the safety and well being of the athletes given the fanaticism of the queen Yuna brigade. I think the IOC should seriously reconsider Munich as the venue.
Oh man, I just saw this post. Almost as good as your work in the Ukraine thread. Молодец.
Sad no one gives a shit about Paralympics. I wish it got more attention.Paralympics starting. 45 countries. 700 athletes. Biggest ever.
More of that Russian Opening Ceremony craziness on now.
I don't suppose they have a broadcasting team there to cover it now, do they?
Sad no one gives a shit about Paralympics. I wish it got more attention.
I guess no one cares, but the closing ceremony had a whole Tetris sequence which was pretty fun, culminating with a great sequence with a dude climbing up a rope to spell out I'm Possible.
Is it aired on TV? I never saw any coverage.