2010 Olympics: Figure Skating Scandals in the Making?

A big deal has been made about an e-mail sent from a United States judge to other skating judges and officials, and a French newspaper wants to call it a scandal in the making because it involves a skater of their own... but is it really just a thought about how the current Olympic champion should be judged when even the skater himself says he is lacking in one of the areas that is judged on the second mark?

However... is it possible that, in the event that all the top pairs skaters have great skates, that the outcome is already decided? Well, we'll see..

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• 2010
• Olympics
• predictions
• figure
• skating
• mens
• scandal
• transitions
• Evgeny
• Plushenko
• Brian
• Joubert
• pairs
• Kavaguti
• Smirnov
• Shen
• Zhao
• Pang
• Tong
• Savchenko
• Szolkowy
• Russia
• China
• Germany

[Michir10]

Big question is: 6 place for Dube/Davison after their disaster performance, where they goin down in triple toeloop,shaky steps and not synchronical both spins. Top 5 was amazing but Dube/Davison shuld be max. at 9place after Muchortova/Trankov and Volosozhar/Morozow ! Greetings from Poland... :)

[TonyWheeler]

I completely agree with you with D/D. I made another video that talks about that situation :)

[sayomsskiver]

what do you mean by sacraficed? I dont get it.

[TonyWheeler]

Such as, the Japanese men will be out of the running for a medal in exchange for Ando and/or Asada to be on the podium. I mean, it all comes down to how they skate and if someone really bombs then there's no way this is going to work out, but we will see.

[LanaKapiniak]

The man that e-mailed the judges acted UNETHICAL!!

If there is an issue that needs to be discussed, it should be done professionally (no names) and in proper time (after the competition).

I would hope Olympic judges go through enough training to know how to evaluate programs and if they don't then it is too late to do training now.

I understand Plushenko just ignored the issue... Good for him....

[TonyWheeler]

He did address the issue, after the European Championships, where it was BROUGHT UP.

And the only names were the ones that Plushenko himself used, and were copied and pasted.

I guess we are going to just have to agree to differ :)

[EscoIceSk8]

plushenko's scores were high because he skates with speed going into jumps and the jumps really are very quick and isn't hesitant. he gains GOE because of his speed. and his PCS are huge because of the way he covers the ice w speed & he's polished. Jouberts jumps are great in all, but i've seen him skate in person and his jumps look like he's kinda working hard, and the jumps weren't as quickly executed as plushenko. and comparing the two plushenko looks more confident on the ice than joubert.

[CrimsonVibrato]

@solsolsets How was Evan's skating not so good, and how was Plushenko's skating skills higher in every means? Plushenko could've used work on his spins while Evan's were centered and fast not to mention that his positions were also better. Evan also had superior footwork; his edges flowed better and unlike Plushenko he didn't stop and pose at the judges and audience continuously. Plush lacked transitions going into his jumps and a few of them were titled in the air and snatched at the landing.

[lala630312]

@waihibeach09 I knew, that you are canadian. I'm don't russian. Both country (USA, and Canada),support the new scoring system. I don't like it, because support the mediocrity( in male skating).Girls skating were beautiful. Evan had an underrotated 3A, he got +GOE(Evgeni had deduction on of 3A), Evan had a wrong -edged take on his triple flip, hadn't 2-3 points deduction. Why put Evgeni two judges 21-22. place after SP? Therefore say many peoples all over the world, the outscore was fraud.

[waihibeach09]

@lala630312 Since we're not American - there goes your sweeping theory. You've obviously travelled the world to collect every country's opinions? Joking ... Plushenko does have undeniable charisma & a presence on the ice & we agree Evan can be a little stiff; however, on the day (i.e. Olympics) his skate was superior & far more complex than that of Plushenko's. We wonder - is this just a case of sour grapes on your part because, in spite of inflated projections, the Russians did so poorly?

[vclihotmail]

You were so right, the Russian pair were being set up to win the gold. At the EC, with a fall, they scored 20 pts higher than ever before with this program. For reference 20 pts = 17% higher score. This was suspicious, even more so that it was held in Tallinn, Estonia, a former USSR republic and a 2 hr plane ride to Moscow.

[waihibeach09]

@solsolsets

Oh come on.  Pushenko is stuck in the past & boring. Most of his jumps were on a lean & the rest of his program consisted of a few hand flaps & inferior "foot work". He was over marked

[aquaawhale]

It's just too bad that our so called sport bureaucracy does not have guts to fight for our sportsmen, to protest, to try to prove something. Such a great sportsman like. It's a shame to see politics merge with sports n arts anyway, shameful picture!

[solsolsets]

I think this game was paid. Nobody can deny that Evans performance wan not so good, and Plushenkos skating skills is more high in every meenings in this game. So its natural that many people talk about this outcome, it is not only personal thing. I m very sorry about this international festival.

[odd0odium]

Maybe that's why he lost the gold! This will be interesting in tomorrow's papers