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Three falls, one question: What's wrong with U.S. women's figure skating?
Yahoo ^ | February 21, 2018 | Dan Wetzel

Posted on 02/21/2018 3:30:05 AM PST by C19fan

Bradie Tennell fell. Mirai Nagasu fell. Karen Chen had to put her hand down on the ice to stop herself from falling. Three American skaters. Three errors they likely won’t be able to recover from here at the Olympics short program Wednesday. “I’m mad,” said Nagasu, who is ninth place. “I’m upset.” “I am not going to lie, I am pretty disappointed in myself,” said Chen, who is in 10th. “We’re all human,” said Tennell, who is in 11th. “We make mistakes.” The United States hasn’t won a medal in ladies’ figure skating since 2006, when Sasha Cohen took silver. Barring a miraculous comeback, that streak will extend to 2022 in Beijing. It’s a major fall from grace for U.S. Figure Skating, which was once an international powerhouse.

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TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: figureskating; olympics; skating; skolympics
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More choking than a group of cats coughing up hair balls. I remember when it was the USA v. East Germany for Ladies figure skating. That was the good ole days. Interesting how Russia and East Asian countries have become a ladies skating powers. Back in the Cold War days the Soviets would dominate pairs and ice dancing but not so much individual.
1 posted on 02/21/2018 3:30:05 AM PST by C19fan
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To: C19fan

The reason is obvious.

Trump.


2 posted on 02/21/2018 3:32:17 AM PST by dp0622 (The Left should know saying Syrian rebels in anost back in Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR!)
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To: C19fan

....the rest of the world has caught
up.....it’s cyclical....


3 posted on 02/21/2018 3:35:12 AM PST by Doogle (( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand....never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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To: dp0622
The reason is obvious.
Trump.

Naw, it ain't Trump - it's global warming!

The ladies haven't been able to practice! No ice!

But then, who's responsible for global warming?

OK - yes. Trump.

4 posted on 02/21/2018 3:35:36 AM PST by grobdriver (BUILD KATE'S WALL!)
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To: C19fan

A friend of mine that is involved in ice dancing says that it’s due to a change in the scoring system that encourages the skaters to attempt Quad jumps, but doesn’t penalize them much for missing as much as “not attempting”.

Basically the skating federation is removing the artistry from the even and turning it into a demonstration of physical prowess. And just like “Ladies Gymnastics” the sport will be quickly taken over by pre-pubescent girls who have the power-to-weight ration to nail jump sequences while their older sisters get left home — too old to compete.


5 posted on 02/21/2018 3:39:12 AM PST by Tallguy
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Three falls, one question: What's wrong with U.S. women's figure skating?

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Just a guess......... most American girls who are inclined to feel like taking part in a sport when young may realize even then that a very, very few will ever receive notoriety, fame, or money from ice skating.

It has a lot to do with our base "culture" that emphasizes fame and fortune. And also, becoming a great figure skater is a real pain for the child AND the parent(s). Taking the child to a proper rink to get practice time is very time consuming and difficult for mostly all parents today.

6 posted on 02/21/2018 3:40:02 AM PST by a little elbow grease (Zip ties and duct tape are far more productive than pussy hats and #metoo tweets)
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Our wives make us watch it.


7 posted on 02/21/2018 3:40:35 AM PST by bmwcyle (People who do not study history are destine to believe really ignorant statements.)
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Maybe all the sexual predators are starting to deplete the talent pool. I’m starting to think that big time U.S. sports just needs to be shut down across the board for at least 20 years, the rampant sexual abuse being just one of several terminal cancers. And when it restarts, eliminate college scholarships, corporate sponsorships and television contracts. Base the economics on paid admissions to live events.


8 posted on 02/21/2018 3:41:50 AM PST by sphinx
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Basically the skating federation is removing the artistry

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That's a real bummer. I guess those fantastically poetic and artistic Russian female skaters will not be winning so much any more?

9 posted on 02/21/2018 3:42:24 AM PST by a little elbow grease (Zip ties and duct tape are far more productive than pussy hats and #metoo tweets)
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It’s early but Post of the day.


10 posted on 02/21/2018 3:42:47 AM PST by Dr. Ursus
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To: Tallguy

I was obsessed with the sport back in the Torvill and Dean days. It was a beautiful, artistic endeavor. Now, of course, I can’t even find out what channel the Olympics are on.


11 posted on 02/21/2018 3:46:41 AM PST by miss marmelstein
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Uuuhhhh — ice is slippery???


12 posted on 02/21/2018 4:06:08 AM PST by T-Bird45 (It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't.)
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More/better outlets for female athletes in the US now and still an expensive sport to pursue.

Just not as important to the US as it is to some other countries. Like a lot of Olympic sports.

And that’s fine.


13 posted on 02/21/2018 4:11:06 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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Are there people actually skating at the Olympics? Every time I turn it on somebody is announcing they’re gay and hate Trump


14 posted on 02/21/2018 4:15:05 AM PST by albie
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Three falls, one question: What’s wrong with U.S. women’s figure skating?


Not enough time in the safe room and the petting dogs were ugly and the cookies were not chocolate chip and the warm milk was too cold and ...


15 posted on 02/21/2018 4:21:47 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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Too much lesbian feeling guilty and thus campaigning insteas of skating

Lora Ingraham is right : Shut up and skate


16 posted on 02/21/2018 4:25:42 AM PST by JudgemAll (Democrats Fed. job-security Whorocracy & hate:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucifiedc)
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To: grobdriver

Lol no ice


17 posted on 02/21/2018 4:26:12 AM PST by dp0622 (The Left should know saying Syrian rebels in anost back in Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR!)
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To: sphinx

Twenty years from now brick and mortar colleges and television may fall into the “quaint” category...like rotary phones.


18 posted on 02/21/2018 4:27:48 AM PST by cgbg (Hidden behind the social justice warrior mask is corruption and sexual deviance.)
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To: sphinx

Hear hear. All this virtue signaling against Trump instead of skating is a cover up for the sex abuse à la Hollywood


19 posted on 02/21/2018 4:28:09 AM PST by JudgemAll (Democrats Fed. job-security Whorocracy & hate:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucifiedc)
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To: Tallguy

Sort of.. what you attempt do to a “level 4” if you can, and that doesn’t mean all the triples etc. What is not discussed is the point value of spins, they are huge if you get a level 4. Still the higher you go up the competition chain, and you don’t have triples it is harder to rack up the total points.


20 posted on 02/21/2018 4:31:18 AM PST by taildragger ("Do you hear the people Singing? Singing the Song of Angry Men!")
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