Posted on 02/17/2022 3:03:16 PM PST by simpson96
“Drugs are bad.”
Wow. Upon reflection I was thinking maybe I was a little tough on Alexandra Trusova. Then I saw the interview with her. She was still angry about not getting a gold medal. “Crying angry.” This girl needs some counseling. Or maybe serious time in New Testament instruction. Something...
I would still give the odds that Valieva was sabotaged at 50/50. At any rate, it was hard to watch her come apart.
The weird thing is that those 3 top Russian skaters all have the same coach, and somehow Trusova doesn’t seem to understand that SOME artistic element and connection to the crowd is still crucial in skating. Johnny Weir’s comments that her performance was all “nuts and bolts” was spot on.
Tara Lipinski was relatively restrained. Darn!!
Alexandra Trusova landed FIVE! But, she’s seriously lacking in the artistic dept.
What are the odds that, maybe, Valieva was ordered to take a dive by ROC leaders in order to avoid an ensuing medal controversy?
I think that they are thinking that they are very close to being booted from the Olympics altogether with this doping scandal on the ROC team (which was already a compromise for the allegedly innocent athletes).
By having Valieva not win a medal, they are giving the Olympic officials a chance to sweep this under the rug.
-PJ
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