It just seems to me that the idea in ice skating is to actually skate around on your feet and not fall down. I fall down when I skate, maybe I should get a medal. That said I realized that I hate watching ice skating but I was watching this waiting for these flops. Perhaps the ice skating world has stumbled on to something. This would be something similar to NASCAR fans waiting and anticipating a big crash. After all someone spends four years practicing day after day to skate for 4 minutes then falls down. That’s funny! Adding to the humor is the prissy hyper-critic Dick Button who I now realize is the personality model for American Idol Judge Simon Cowell. In fact the whole team of skating analysts is a hoot. Curiously listening to them rag on the skaters gets the viewer into thinking like the judges, maybe.
Sasha Cohen falls twice gets Silver
Irina Slutskaya falls only once, gets bronze
Emily Hughes fails to medal on her fall, next time for sure!
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Ice dancers falling on their asses
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From the way things are going..you MUST be right.
At this point, I wonder if their falling because they’ve realized they will be rewarded for it. In other words, falling on purpose.
My theory which I believe has been validated by the medal awards that were handed out is that all of the judges are blind. They are judging by listening to the skaters, not actually seeing them perform. This accounts for the loud and obnoxious utilized during some of the performances.
The un-medaled Polish couple and the brother/sister team from the UK were the best skaters in these Olympics in my humble opinion.
Then again, neither of them fell down, and I foolishly watched them perform instead of just listening to their performances.
…you realize there’s more than one round, too, right? So she got a gold for her combined score of all the rounds, not the score for that one round. Which means she probably did pretty well in the other rounds. Which means you’re wrong…
Mike, Huh? Wha?
Man I agree about the annoying judges, it would be enjoyable if only the music could be heard. Three skating nerds nattering away in voice over really ruins the event.