DAMNED IF YOU DO AND DAMNED IF YOU DON'T
So these are the top 15 standings after the Compulsory Dances at the 2006 Olympics:
1) FUSAR POLI Barbara / MARGAGLIO Maurizio ITA
2) NAVKA Tatiana / KOSTOMAROV Roman RUS
3) DENKOVA Albena / STAVISKI Maxim BUL
4) DUBREUIL Marie-France / LAUZON Patrice CAN
5) GRUSHINA Elena / GONCHAROV Ruslan UKR
6) BELBIN Tanith / AGOSTO Benjamin USA
7) DELOBEL Isabelle / SCHOENFELDER Olivier FRA
8) DROBIAZKO Margarita / VANAGAS Povilas LTU
9) DOMNINA Oksana / SHABALIN Maxim RUS
10) FAIELLA Federica / SCALI Massimo ITA
11) KERR Sinead / KERR John GBR
12) WING Megan / LOWE Aaron CAN
13) CHAIT Galit / SAKHNOVSKI Sergei ISR
14) KHOKHLOVA Jana / NOVITSKI Sergei RUS
15) GREGORY Melissa / PETUKHOV Denis USA
Already there are complaints about the judging. How can the Italians (competing in their home country with the head of the International Skating Union an Italian himself, mind you) be ahead of the defending, Russian World Champions?
How can the defending World Silver Medalist Americans be in sixth place? What are the Silver Medalists from the Europeans doing in 8th?
This is a travesty! This isn't the way it was expected to go, at all!
Sigh...
Welcome to Ice Dancing, my friends. Where, when the results are predictable and seem preordained, people complain. And where, when the results are surprising and not at all what the pundits expected, people... complain.
1) FUSAR POLI Barbara / MARGAGLIO Maurizio ITA
2) NAVKA Tatiana / KOSTOMAROV Roman RUS
3) DENKOVA Albena / STAVISKI Maxim BUL
4) DUBREUIL Marie-France / LAUZON Patrice CAN
5) GRUSHINA Elena / GONCHAROV Ruslan UKR
6) BELBIN Tanith / AGOSTO Benjamin USA
7) DELOBEL Isabelle / SCHOENFELDER Olivier FRA
8) DROBIAZKO Margarita / VANAGAS Povilas LTU
9) DOMNINA Oksana / SHABALIN Maxim RUS
10) FAIELLA Federica / SCALI Massimo ITA
11) KERR Sinead / KERR John GBR
12) WING Megan / LOWE Aaron CAN
13) CHAIT Galit / SAKHNOVSKI Sergei ISR
14) KHOKHLOVA Jana / NOVITSKI Sergei RUS
15) GREGORY Melissa / PETUKHOV Denis USA
Already there are complaints about the judging. How can the Italians (competing in their home country with the head of the International Skating Union an Italian himself, mind you) be ahead of the defending, Russian World Champions?
How can the defending World Silver Medalist Americans be in sixth place? What are the Silver Medalists from the Europeans doing in 8th?
This is a travesty! This isn't the way it was expected to go, at all!
Sigh...
Welcome to Ice Dancing, my friends. Where, when the results are predictable and seem preordained, people complain. And where, when the results are surprising and not at all what the pundits expected, people... complain.
4 Comments:
At February 18, 2006 4:31 PM, Anonymous said…
I missed the compulsory dance. Did Tanith and Daniel not have a good performance? Or is the point spread between the teams from Italy,Russia, Canada, Bulgaria, etc. and the USA close? Seems strange. I'll be watching Sunday night. Denise
At February 18, 2006 5:19 PM, Anonymous said…
The point spread is extremely close; this is still anybody's ball game... to mix a metaphor.
ALINA
At February 19, 2006 9:11 AM, Anonymous said…
I'm curious as to why they even still have the compulsory dances. They got rid of the figures for singles skating over a decade ago...
At February 20, 2006 12:19 AM, M said…
Did you see the look on Tanith and Ben's faces when they came out for the original dance? They just had THANKS FOR THE HELP, GUYS written all over their faces. Ready to dive in and jump into one of the 1st three places~!
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