2002 Worlds Ice dance fluff

Fluff on the 2002 Worlds scandal for the 3rd place.
Margarita Drobiazko & Povilas Vanagas were placed 4th and Galit Chait & Sergei Sakhnovski were placed 3rd

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• Margarita
• Drobiazko
• Povilas
• Vanagas
• Galit
• Chait
• Sergei
• Sakhnovski

[ChachouMiaou]

Yes, if you're Canadian and have the whole American media lobby behind you! The Lithuanians were almost always robbed, but that case was special. They usually came up 5th, even when they deserved better. That time, the Olympic champions and bronze medalists were absent, which meant that D/V could expect at the very least a bronze medal. They skated wonderfully, but the judges decided to bring the Israeli, who were usually behind them, on the podium, thereby leaving D/V out of the podium again.

[zgdzgd2]

they deserved gold so many times...

[onice331]

@Haley452 well, if they were real ice dancers then they would suck it up and work harder for next time.

[Haley452]

@onice331 well, how about the 38 REAL ice dancers who signed the petition on behalf of the Lithuanians?

[onice331]

first of all, everyone should just shut the hell up. how many of you are actually ice dancers? it may have looked good, but technically, it probably wasn't. for the lithuanians to say that the israeli team paid the judges is just bullshit. they're just sore losers and that's why they didn't deserve the medal!

[kiesha86]

those jewish pigs can keep those medals for them. It's just a piece of metal. Everyone knows Drobiazko and Vanagas are miles ahead of them and they can only dream about the talent of Drobiazko and Vanagas

[Haley452]

and were marked lower at all three events in 2006, when D/V came back (not saying the judging was fair then either, though). Ice dance judging is killing me, even now, I mean, last year's world's podium was a HUGE mistake...

[Haley452]

what is really annoying for me, is that this fluff pretty much shows the Israeli couple as the ones hurt, because someone was trying to "take their moment away from them". ugh. I'm proud of all the skaters who signed that petition. But my heart breaks every time I think about how many times D/V were undermarked. They should have won many worlds' medals, not just one (2002 and 2006 for sure). But at least they won people's hearts instead. Ch/S will never be as remembered and appreciated as them.

[peter643447]

And C/S dropped like stone the next season ... That's dance judging for you. Go figure ...

[LaukineShiaure]

Fuckn cheaters fuck izraelian money.

[kami20koko]

LITHUANIA deserved this bronze medal. Povilas said the truth! I remember I was so angry and disapointed after the results...:/