I might be the only one I know of who was rooting for the Russian girl. She was more athletic - amazing flexibility. If Scott Hamilton is to be believed - her difficulty level gave her an advantage with bonus points.
If Scott Hamilton is to be believed - the small stumble out of the one jump was a small execution deduction.
Regardless - Tracy Gold and the other Russian placed ahead of Wagner - who didn’t fall.
Maybe Wagner’s difficulty level was not as high?
Maybe they just don’t like her?
But if Eastern Bloc judges are going to renew the Cold War - I have a hard time believing they’ll pick Ashley Wagner - someone who was not going to win any medal - as their battleground.
I watched the skating and Carolina Kostner of Italy was awesome, perfect performance, Yuna Kim was flawless, absolutely no mistakes, then Sotnikova stumbles after one of her jumps and gets the Gold medal? Her performance was jerky and her musical selection was really awful, and i am not exagerating. Yuna Kim = Gold, Carolina Kosner = Silver, Sotnikova = bronze, that’s how its should have gone. No one should stumble and get Gold.