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Scandalous outcome: Skating judges steal Kims title, hand it to Sotnikova
ĵ : ǵ 迬 ݸ Ʈڹٿ ־.
by Jack Gallagher
What happened to her at the Sochi Games was a complete and utter disgrace. Another black eye for figure skating.
迬ư ῡ ݸ ϸ¾Ҵ. ϴ. ġ Ͼ Ϻϰ ġ. ǰܽÿ ־ ϳ Ҹ.
The
elegant and mag2netic South Korean superstar gave a wonderful
performance in very difficult circumstances, not making a single
mistake, yet came away with only a silver medal in what can only be
deemed a scandalous result.
ϰ ŷ ѱ ۽Ÿ ȯ濡 Ǯ ս ־. ϳ Ǽ , ĵ̶ ۿ ᱹ ư Ǿ.
Russian gold medalist Adelina Sotnikova was impressive in her free skate, but was she five points better than Kim?
þ ݸƮ Ƶ Ʈڹٴ λ̾, 迬ƺ 5 ٰ?
No way.
ȵǴ Ҹ.
How over the top was Sotnikovas score in the free skate?
Ʈڹٰ 1 ִٴ ΰ?
Sixteen points better than her previous personal best.
׳ ۽ 轺Ʈ 16 .
Give me a break.
϶.
What
should have been a glorious moment for Russian skating was taking on a
decidedly different tone the morning after, with some very disturbing
information emerging.
USA
Todays Christine Brennan reported that Ukrainian Yuri Balkov, who was
kicked out of judging for a year after being tape-recorded by a Canadian
judge trying to fix the ice dancing competition at the 1998 Nagano
Games, was one of the nine who determined the outcome of Thursdays free
skate.
̱ ϰ USA Today ũƾ 극 ũƳ - 1998 øȿ ̽ ⸦ Ϸ ϴ ij ǿ Ǿ ϳ⵿ iܳ- 9 ϳٰ ߴ.
Another
was Alla Shekhovtseva, a Russian judge who is married to Russian
Skating Federation general transparentor Valentin Pissev. I
spoke with several journalists in the Main Press Center on Friday
morning and it was nearly unanimous — they almost all thought that Kim
had beaten home favorite Sotnikova.
ٸ ˶ üٴ þ ߷ƾ Ǽ ȥ þ ̾. ۷ 뿡 ݿ ħ θƮ ȭ ǰ ġ. 迬ư Ȩ ̹ Ʈڹٸ ٰ̰ ߴٴ ̴.
Before I even made it back to my hotel after the competition, the debate was already beginning to rage. With
the arrival of Kim and Mao Asada many years ago, skating in Asia has
been enjoying a boom. But the sad reality is that in many other places
it has been languishing.
Ŀ ٽ ȣڿ ƿ ǰ ־. 迬ƿ ƻ ϸ鼭, ƽþƿ ſ ° Ǿ. ٸ (ѱ,Ϻ ) ǰ α վٴ ̴.
The
results in womens singles here will only make promoting it harder.
Every time something like this occurs it does exponential damage. Millions
of people around the world are watching and presuming it is all
legitimate. Skating is a great sport — one that teaches important values
to youngsters about dedication, hard work and sportsmanship — and to
see it besmirched again is very disturbing. What are the young skaters and fans who watched the free skate supposed to think?
̱ װ(ǰ α ϶) ȭų ̴. ̷ ǰ α û Ҿ ̴. 鸸 Ѻ ְ Ÿϴ ϰ ִ. - ()̶ ̵鿡 ߿ ġ ִ . װ ѹ ʹ ̴. ⸦ ô ͵ ҵ ؾ ϴ ɱ?
What
bothers me most is that here was this great champion, an incredible
symbol for skating, giving it her all one more time. Kim is a
millionaire many times over and certainly didnt need to compete. She is
set for life. But
she knew she was still young enough to give it another go and wanted
her fans to have another chance to see her on the greatest stage. She
put her legacy on the line in a bid to become only the third woman ever
to retain the Olympic title (after Norways Sonja Henie and Germanys
Katarina Witt). It was a gutsy move.
ٷ èǾ ־ٴ ̴. ġ ǰܽ ¡. װ(ǰ) ѹ ָ鼭 ̴. 迬ƴ 鸸̸ Ȯ ʿ . ׳ λ Ǿ ־. ġ ׳ ڽ ѹ ص ɸŭ ٴ ˾Ұ, ׳ ҵ ٽѹ ū 뿡 ׳ฦ ȸ ߴ. ׳ 븣 ҳ , īŸ Ʈ ̾, ø Ÿ̵ 3° Ǵµ ׳ (legacy) ɾ. װ ִ ൿ̾.
Brennan,
the author of the highly acclaimed skating book Inside Edge, didnt
mince any words in her analysis of the free skate, telling it exactly
like it was. What
happened tonight in the womens figure skating competition was worse
than the 2002 Salt Lake City pairs judging scandal because, this time,
well never find out who might have done what because all the judges
scores are now anonymous, she wrote. Brennan also quoted Joseph Inman, an American international skating judge as saying, I was surprised with the result. The
International Skating Unions move toward transparency in 2004, when it
changed its scoring system, has backfired and actually had the opposite
effect. In the old days you could tell who was responsible for what
score, now you cant. There
is a random draw before both the short program and free skate at the
Olympics to determine the nine judges from a pool of 13 in attendance.
ȣ ް ִ å "λ̵ " ̱ 극 ߴ. " ǰ Ͼ 2002 Ʈũ ĵ麸ٵ ̴ϴ. ̹ 츮 ߴ ϱ . Ǿ ְŵ" 극 ̱ θ ߴ. " ϴ" 2004 ý ȭ ISU ġ ȿ Ұ ᱹ ݴ Ǿ. å ִ ־. Ǿ. øȿ Ʈ, ϱ 13 ߿ 9 ̴ ̱Ⱑ ִ.
American
skater Ashley Wagner, who finished seventh, was upset with the results
that saw her finish seventh behind Russian teen Julia Lipnitskaia, who
fell during her free skate. People
dont want to watch a sport where you see people fall down and somehow
score above someone who goes clean, Wagner said. It is confusing and
we need to make it clear for you. Wagner acknowledged that skating could use more support from the public. To
be completely honest, this sport needs fans and needs people who want
to watch it, she stated. People do not want to watch a sport where
they see someone skate lights out and they cant depend on that person
to be the one who pulls through. People need to be held accountab2le.
7 ̱ ͱ׳ʴ ڽ Ѿ þ īߺ ڿ ִ Ȳߴٰ Ѵ. " Ѿ Ŭ ư ʽϴ. " "װ ȥ Ȯ ʿ並 " ͱ׳ʴ ǰܰ ߵκ ̲ ־ٴ Ѵ. " ؼ, ҵ ʿմϴ. װ ϴ ʿ ؿ." " ----- ... å ִ ʿ ؿ."
Wagner said that she wasnt the only one who was surprised at the result. I saw several nice landings (by Kim) on the jumps some of us were speechless (at the result) afterward, she noted. Some
analysts have pointed out that Kim did only six triples to Sotnikovas
seven in the free skate. Fair enough, but how about the Russian
two-footing the landing on her double loop — it was clear as day to
everyone there. Kim nailed both of her programs and should have retained her title. That is the bottom line. Three-time U.S. champion Michael Weiss sensed something amiss with this Twitter comment on Thursday. Yuna — two clean skates as defending Olympic champ wins gold, right? Thats the way it is supposed to be.
ͱ׳ʴ ׳డ ƴ϶ ߴ. " 迬ư ϴ þ. 츮 Ҿϴ" θƮ Ʈڹٰ 7 Ʈ ѰͿ 迬ƴ ܽ 6 Ʈ ߴٴ Ѵ. . þ 쿡 ι ? װ ű ִ Ȯ Ҵ .
迬ƴ α ϼ߰ ׳ ŸƲ(ݸ) ߾ Ѵ. װ ٽ̴. 3ȸ èǾ Ŭ ̽ ߸ ݰ ƮͿ . " - ø èǾμ 2 Ŭ α ݸ , ?" Ǿ ߴ.
Legendary American skater Dick Button, a two-time Olympic champion (1948, 1952), has been an analyst now for decades.
1948,1952 2ȸ ø èǾ̾ ̱ ̴ ư ʳ⵿ ǰ θƮ.
The messages he tweeted said it all. At one point, I had doubts regarding Yuna Kim — not after today. She was superb, elegant, charming. Never a wilt.
װ ƮͿ .
"Ѷ, 迬ƿ ǽ . úʹ ƴϴ. ׳ ֻ̾, ŷ̾. õ ʾҴ"
His feelings about the gold medalist were different.
ݸƮ .
Sotnikova was energetic, strong, commendable, but not a complete skater.
"Ʈڹٴ ư ־ ĪҸϴ. Ϻ ʹ ƴϴ"
What
folks need to understand is that Sotnikova didnt just emerge from
oblivion. She has been around for a few years. She is a four-time
Russian champion and the 2011 world junior champion. But
in her three seasons skating on the senior circuit, she has never even
won a Grand Prix event, much less medale[remove] major international
competition.
ʿ䰡 ִ Ʈڹٰ ڰ ϴ ڱ Ÿ ʾҴٴ ̴. ׳ Ⱓ ⸦ ؿӴ. 4ȸ þ ų èǾ̸ 2011 ִϾ èǾ̴. ôϾ 3 ġ ׳ ȸ . ȸ ޱǿ ־.
She has qualified just once for the world championships as a senior, finishing ninth in 2013. Did she suddenly become great overnight? Good enough to beat Kim in the Olympics? Your common sense will tell you no. Once you arrive there, the rest is not difficult to deduce.
׳ ѹ ôϾ èǾ ̰, 2013 9 ߴ. ׳డ Ϸ Գ ϰ Ǿ ΰ? øȿ 迬Ƹ ĥ ? ŵ ִٸ no ̴. űⰡ ߴٸ ߷ϱ ̴.
Kim
showed her true class with her comments after the free skate. She could
have stirred up controversy, but was magnanimous in defeat. The score is given by the judges, she said. Im not in the right position to comment on it. And my words can change nothing. The
reality is the trap for Kim was set on Wednesday night with the
unfairly high score that Sotnikova received in the short program. Kim was fabulous skating to Send in the Clowns and should have had a lead of at least four points heading into the free skate. Instead,
both Lipnitskaia and Sotnikova received inflated marks and the former
was less than half a point behind Kim in second place. It
was as if once it became apparent that Lipnitskaia wasnt going to be a
contender for the gold, the impetus swung to push Sotnikova. There is nothing that damages sports more than predictability, the preordained result. Thats what you saw on Thursday night. Kim could not have gotten out of the Iceberg Skating Palace with the gold medal if she had left with it in an armored car.
迬ƴ Ʈ Ŀ ڸƮ ׳ Ŭ ־. ߽ų ־ й ʱ. " װͿ ġ ʽϴ. ٲ ƹ ͵ ϴ."
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