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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm happy for the kid from Kazakhstan though! [/quote]

Me too. But I also think Petr Gumennik was massively underserved.  His jumps were solid, and his skating/artistry was better than Shaidorov's.  I didn't think we'd be fair to the Russian athletes.  I would've had him in second in the long. [/quote]

DP. My Russian friends are all saying that as well. I was actually curious if this is true. I enjoyed his skating but idk much about figure skating and whether he was as judged unfairly (seems likely since Russia is the bad guy now). [/quote]

I'm not a Russia sympathizer, but if the international community decides to let them compete in the Olympics, they should give them a fair shot in the spirit of the Games.  His technical score was top-notch, but they severely downgraded him in the subjective component score. I don't follow at all because I thought it was a lovely freeskate.  I thought he was first or second in the freeskate.  He also learned he had a copyright issue with his short program 72 hours before he was set to compete, and had to create an entirely new program.  Maybe that was nothing, but it felt a little like the IOC trying to sabotage him, or at least it had the appearance of foul play. I thought he was probably underscored in the short and was absolutely underscored in the long program. [/quote]

This music rights thing is going to be a huge PITA for figure skating.[/quote]

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