Jamie Sale and David Pelletier 2002 Olympic Free Program w/ scoring reactions (high Q)
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@GravityGrave Our Canadians ended up with the gold, in the end, only because of the controversy over the judge scandal!
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@trophymursky: The "injustice" you feel Plushenko faced in 2010 was a direct result of what the Russian Fed. did in 2002 Salt Lake. So, they have absolutely no right to talk at all about injustice. I'm sorry.
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It's NOT about who was better everybody! It's about the fact that it was PROVEN that the French Judge was pressured/paid by the Russian federation to vote for the Russian pair team, no matter what. If that had not been proven, this would have been one of those examples (and there are many) of 5-4 decisions that are argued about forever.
In this case, however, it was the first time corruption was actually acknowledged at the Olympic games by the ISU.
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The Russian and French federations are solely to blame for the distruction of the 6.0 system, and now we are left with the code of points, which is fine for hard core fans, but makes it much less exciting for general audiences.
Ironically (and absurdly), the Russian federation blamed Plushenko's silver medal in Vancouver 2010 on the "flawed" code of points." The very judging system THEY single-handedly forced into place b/c of outright corruption. Unbelievable.
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Amazing. They look like one person :)
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Biggest scam is skating history. The ISU is all sorts of fucked up for allowing those judges to continue. New system would have had them with gold without a doubt.
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Wow. I haven't see this in years. So beautiful, I was just moved to tears.
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@gonzo77ffm What were you even watching?
I remember watching this and being so outraged at the resulting tie. Jamie and David's performance was so perfect!
GravityGrave 10 months ago 13
@Budagaev You stupid shit. The Russians only got the gold because the Russians pressured the French judge to vote for them! Typical Russian cry baby.
clwgirl510 3 months ago 3