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To: mykroar
And no question that Kim shouldn’t won gold.

SHOULD HAVE

4 posted on 02/21/2014 7:14:17 AM PST by mykroar (We fight, get beat, rise, and fight again. - Nathanael Greene)
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To: mykroar
Judges carry the ability to change the outcome, and its not just in gymnastics or figure skating.

Does anybody remember the '72 Olympics Gold Medal Basketball Game?

8 posted on 02/21/2014 7:19:10 AM PST by Loud Mime (Character matters for those who understand the concept)
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To: mykroar

Kim should have one. But Ashely Wagner has never been a favorite of mine. She went through her long program in a perfunctory way, I thought, certainly without the finess of a Kim. Ashely is famous for mistake making under pressure, including the U S finals where she was fourth or fifth because of major mistakes but was chosen to go to the Olympics ahead of a skater who earned 3rd, who was not happy or felt that a fair decision. Her skate of the long program was far from her best artistically-she just didn’t make a major technical mistake.


13 posted on 02/21/2014 7:24:13 AM PST by Cordio
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