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Сочи 2014 (Winter Olympics Thread)
Skewbrow:
See this wikipage for an explanation of the old rules. You see that the points did not matter much. The placings were determined by how the judges placed you among the skaters (each judge produced their own ranking) in the short/free program (the latter getting a higher weight).
Edit: Removed a rant. I think I have blown enough esteem for today.
--- Quote from: ev4n on 20 Feb 2014, 02:17 ---It's probably just that the figure skating community in general is highly resistant to change. Just look at the Duchesnays back in the 80s - they would get low 4s and high 5s for the same routine because they were so innovative and controversial.
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This is probably close to the mark. It seemed to me that in the dance in the early 80s the rankings were mostly preset. Any changes from the predicted rankings were close to scandalous.
ev4n:
Some shouts went off around the office. Guess it's good news.
Skewbrow:
Congrats (you're Canadian, eh?). The conclusion was exciting.
ev4n:
Yeah, I'm Canadian.
I think the nationed stopped there for an hour or two.
jwhouk:
Crap.
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