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rocktivity

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14. I fear Mother Russia will be screwing over the Olympic women skaters

Reply to Moses2SandyKoufax (Reply #13)

Mon Feb 17, 2014, 09:33 PM

Feb 2014

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in favor of its soulless 15-year old mechanical robot.

Defending Olympic champion Yuna Kim of South Korea will skate 17th in a field of 30 in the short program Wednesday at the Sochi Games.

Her main competition for the gold medal, Julia Lipnitskaia of Russia and Mao Asada of Japan, will go 25th and 30th, respectively. Italy's Carolina Kostner, second in the team short program, skates right after Lipnitskaia. U.S. champion Gracie Gold drew the 22nd slot Monday, while two-time American champion Ashley Wagner will go 27th...

Unlike the old scoring system, there is no real advantage or disadvantage as to where a skater is drawn in the field...(link)

Carolina Kostner should have won the short program. She delivered the entire package -- technicality, technique, AND expressiveness.

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If not for extreme sports, Team USA wouldn't be quite so stoked at Sochi Games [View all] stopbush Feb 2014 OP

Hockey just got started KamaAina Feb 2014 #1

"Extreme sports." Meh. Marketing schmarketing. They're new versions of old sports. -EOM- HuckleB Feb 2014 #2

wish they would bring slopestyle to the summer games frylock Feb 2014 #3

I agree with the author of this piece, Moses2SandyKoufax Feb 2014 #4

Since Shaun White and Lindsey Jacobellis have crapped out rocktivity Feb 2014 #6

Gracie Gold is "unhearalded"? GoCubsGo Feb 2014 #11

NBC sure hasn't been heralding Gracie rocktivity Feb 2014 #12

Gracie Gold probably won't finish on the podium. Moses2SandyKoufax Feb 2014 #13

I fear Mother Russia will be screwing over the Olympic women skaters rocktivity Feb 2014 #14

Totally agree. old guy Feb 2014 #5

Poor Netherlands.. Princess Turandot Feb 2014 #7

Yeah but, Moses2SandyKoufax Feb 2014 #8

Nice post Costas! El Supremo Feb 2014 #10

It's become their sport. It's not like speed skating was invented 10 years ago by the Dutch stopbush Feb 2014 #9

At this point, the US has medals in the non-extreme sports of hughee99 Feb 2014 #15

Things have improved a bit for the US since the OP article was written. stopbush Feb 2014 #16

I agree. The point is, the writer was making assertions about the US olympic team hughee99 Feb 2014 #17

But that's just sports reporting. People make lots of speculations over the course of stopbush Feb 2014 #18

I agree, to speculate is what sports reporters do, but to move past that and try to hughee99 Feb 2014 #19

The countries that do well at Olympic sports are the ones that come up with a national program stopbush Feb 2014 #20

The US currently spends far more than other countries on these "bogus" sports, hughee99 Feb 2014 #21

Speed skating, curling and Nordic combined each have their charms. stopbush Feb 2014 #22

Name a sport people watch in the US that highlights endurance and conditioning. hughee99 Feb 2014 #23

But that's why I watch the Olympics - to see sports I don't usually see. stopbush Feb 2014 #24

My point about the US olympic team is that if they don't get young people interested hughee99 Feb 2014 #25