Posted on 02/12/2026 10:41:37 PM PST by nickcarraway
The figure skating world is screaming sacré bleu over the scoring by French judge Jézabel Dabois that cost American pair Madison Chock and Evan Bates gold in the ice dance competition and handed the controversial French duo Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron the top prize.
Dabois’ scoring has come under intense scrutiny in the 24 hours since Beaudry and Cizeron edged out Chock and Bates with a total score of 225.82, a mere 1.43 points better than the U.S. duo to win the gold. The French judge’s scores drastically differed from those of her fellow judges and herself when it came to the American and French skaters.
In the free dance event, Dabois scored Beaudry and Cizeron at 137.45 points, which was the second-highest for any judge, while only scoring Chock and Bates 129.74, making her the only judge not to give them more than 130 points.
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All sports are fixed. I don’t know why people waste their time.
They should get rid of judges and use AI / ML for ranking.
Try the NHL. It’s not fixed.
The NFL, NBA, MLBB, College....yeah something goes on.
Judges probably shouldn’t be scoring their own country.
Shades of the Cold War and how the Communist judges scored compared to everyone else.
Jezabel? What a terrible name.
The winter Olympics have been a source for scrutiny for a few decades. In the summer the competitions are based upon a physical measurement. How high, far, fast, and who got there first. It takes it out a lot of human manipulation. So as long as interpretation is part of the judging procedures, there will always be room for maneuvering. Problem is the US puts a real large amount of taxpayer money into supporting this. Maybe we should cut back some, like most of it.
wy69
“Virtually every other major world power offers either retirement stipends, pensions, or grants to its Olympians, according to reporting from the Wall Street Journal. That’s not the case for the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee, which receives no federal funding and is forced to rely on other payment streams for its athletes.”
Local entities may use tax money to build venues but near as I can find there is no federal tax money involved. Athletes may be required to pay taxes on winnings.
If you need to judge who the winner is... That’s not a sport. That’s a beauty contest and doesn’t belong in the Olympics.
I’m old enough to remember when “must have been the Russian judge” was the running joke. Just barely, though.
Yaaaaaaawwwwwwwwn...
Madison Chock and Evan Bates don’t pop up on a web search of anti-American USA contestants.
Maybe that why the Judge dinged them.
For men, they could always add scoring for gayness.
Anything that needs a judge is not a sport.
French judges cheating??? How surprising??
Anyone remember the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake?? The french judge was caught colluding with the russian judge....it was so bad during the first figure skating event- the pairs competition- the IOC got involved and awarded two gold medals- to the Russian couple who benefited from the cheating and the Canadian couple, who got cheated....
like boxing?
I watched both performances…the Americans were better, less errors…the French were very good, too, but not as good, more noticeable errors, one fairly obvious. IMHO, you could tell by the reactions of both couples when the French skaters’ score was announced, both couples and the audience knew it was wrong. To the Americans’ credit, the accepted it gracefully and even commented along the lines of sometimes you do your best and you still don’t win. Good lesson for all. You can only control what you do.
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