"How Sotnikova Beat Kim, Move by Move" is how the New York times titled an insightful article by Adam Leib, a coach and technical expert in figure skating. The varying degrees of difficulty in the routines performed by Adelina Sotnikova and Kim Yu-na were the decisive factors deciding over first and second in Leib's view.
Who said conspiracy?
Read the article here!
Sometimes you have to be an expert to make these finer distinctions. But on the other hand, can one expect the general public to ever reach a level of sufficient grasp to appreciate them?
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WDSF Communications on 22 February 2014 17:01
They are leaving out important points in this article.
An evaluation sheet from the judges were made public which showed 0 in one of Yuna's jumps - in the short program where she made no mistakes .
They put 4 Russian people as judges out of the 14.
Adelina Sotnikova achieved her best score of 149.95 which was 0.11 away from Yu-na Kim's world record of 150.06 despite an obvious stumble in her long program.
Adelina scored 18 points higher than her previous best.
This is NOT for Yuna Kim, this is for the FAIR SPORTSMANSHIP THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE CENTRAL TO THE WORLD EVENT OF THE OLYMPICS.
Stop sticking our heads in the sand before we ruin judged sport forever
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