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Pleasantly surprised to see all three women in the top 6...the commie Russian who the judges are trying to rig it for must have really messed up to get down to 4th...if memory serves me, Caroline Kostner always does well in the short then drops in the long...Gracie Gold is in a particualrly good position at 3.
NRaleighLiberal
(60,031 posts)they can make up in the long program.
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)From what I've seen, they can usually make up a ton.
rocktivity
(44,583 posts)Last edited Sun Apr 13, 2014, 02:14 PM - Edit history (1)
so devoid of expressiveness and personality and so removed from her music, she seems to be a computer-generated movie image. You can't be ALL technical. And the problem isn't her age -- look at how much more human fellow 15-year old Tara Lipinsky looked while skating her way to gold in 1998.
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joeybee12
(56,177 posts)I think you mean 1998!
rocktivity
(44,583 posts)rocktivity
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)And I haven't aged one day since!
RockaFowler
(7,429 posts)She looks too robotic
She has no emotion in her performance at all. It's twirl, jump, spin, etc.
And she fell today. She lost a point for that alone
rocktivity
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1. Yuna Kim (KOR), 74.92
2. Adelina Sotnikova (RUS), 74.64
3. Carolina Kostner (ITA), 74.12
4. Gracie Gold (USA), 68.63
5. Yulia Lipnitskaia (RUS), 65.23
6. Ashley Wagner (USA), 65.21
Source: NBC Sports.com
If Sotnikova turns out to be a fluke and Kostner does one of her weak long programs, Gold might be able to scratch out a bronze.
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joeybee12
(56,177 posts)Thought Gracie was in third...hope she medals.
rocktivity
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that she beats out EVERYONE but the defending Olympic champ? After crapping out at the hockey rink, have the eyes of Mother Russia cast their gaze upon the women's skating judges?
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P.S. Ashley Wagner is in contention for an iron(y) medal -- she got on the Olympic team though she fell down two times, and she's finished behind someone who fell down two times!
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)But figure skating isn't at all subjective, so obviously that didn't happen!
rocktivity
(44,583 posts)she was neither substantially better than Kostner nor almost as good as Kim. Gold has too much ground to make up and not enough originality to make it up with, but I'll root for her. The fix is on...
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joeybee12
(56,177 posts)She might, but yeah, it's rigged.
LisaL
(44,980 posts)She is current a national champion of Russia.
rocktivity
(44,583 posts)and I don't think she skated better than the Italian in either of the programs.
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LisaL
(44,980 posts)Exactly?
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)Either we cheer for the Korean to skate brilliantly and keep the commie from getting the gold, or for her to blow it, and Gracie gets bronze...tough call.
rocktivity
(44,583 posts)besides, she won gold LAST time, so she mustn't be greedy...
Saw this coming from a mile away...hooray for me.
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P.S. And of course, Ashley got robbed, too. I knew the judges wouldn't be there for her if she needed a few extra points. So now she's on record for not being able to outskate someone who fell down THREE times.
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)But you saw it coming after the hockey team blew it, although I don't know if you can say they blew it...the Finns are no slouches in the sport.
StevieM
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should have finished any lower than 5th.
Upton
(9,709 posts)She sure has a lot of gall complaining about anything after some backroom deal got her inserted on the team..
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)from this joke of an outcome.
LisaL
(44,980 posts)joeybee12
(56,177 posts)Ridiculous.
LisaL
(44,980 posts)I didn't see men figure skating, but from what has been reported, Japanese figure skater fell twice but still won a gold medal. Why isn't anyone complaining? If Russian figure skater fell twice but won gold, I bet we would never hear the end of it.
But the guy was Japanese so it's all good?
Renew Deal
(81,894 posts)As all the figure skating events have been this year.
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)The men were all off, the women's was rigged.
pangaia
(24,324 posts)Edited to add 'repeated' after I read the rest of the posts so far.
Goblinmonger
(22,340 posts)I thought it was funny.
LisaL
(44,980 posts)Goblinmonger
(22,340 posts)I don't think joey really feels that and it's a common Republican screed and it's out of place here. I'm just saying don't get so bent out of shape about it.