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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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To: Cordio

I don’t think Wagner should have medalled, but her scores seemed very low for a clean program. Kim, however, got completely ganked. I think Kim should have gotten the gold, Russian silver and Italian bronze.


20 posted on 02/21/2014 7:32:06 AM PST by mykroar (We fight, get beat, rise, and fight again. - Nathanael Greene)
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To: Cordio
Ashely Wagner has never been a favorite of mine.

Mine neither after this whine fest. She takes the gold for sour grapes and bad sportsmanship.

21 posted on 02/21/2014 7:37:33 AM PST by montag813
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To: Cordio

I agree with you on Ashley Wagner. She is not a favorite of mine either. She has no room whatsoever to complain about feeling “gypped” when she was beaten fair and square at Nationals, but was selected for the Olympic team anyway. Mirai Nagasu can school her on getting gypped.


37 posted on 02/21/2014 8:19:29 AM PST by Juana la Loca
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