Winter Olympics No Video Thread

[disneyseniors]

The most noticeable scoring controversies involved Canadians to be honest. Americans won medals regularly and golds at that. Against Russians. Canadians were blocked from podiums because of the old horse trading that use to happen. I remember watching the ice dance at Salt Lake and seeing the Canadian pair skate an amazing free dance, until the very end when the final movement had a problem. Commentator just went, and there is the excuse to keep them off the podium. It was always hilarious that Canadians medaled and won championships at Worlds and Grand Prix final only to skate the same at the Olympics and not medal.

As for judging now. Most of the biggest controversies have been in the park events of skiing and snowboarding. People connected with the X Games being completely dumbfounded by some of the results at every Olympics since park events were added.

I don't remember the Canadian controversies, I guess. I was too focused on the outright cheating by the Russian judges on the American teams. Very frustrating to watch. They even looked mean. There was a lot of controversy back then it seems. I am so glad that favoritism is not rampant like it was way back then.

 

[soccerdad72]

US Curling!!

 

[DrMont]

I don't remember the Canadian controversies, I guess. I was too focused on the outright cheating by the Russian judges on the American teams. Very frustrating to watch. They even looked mean. There was a lot of controversy back then it seems. I am so glad that favoritism is not rampant like it was way back then.

I am afraid it still is rampant, the public just doesn't see it. But that is always the case with any event that has 'judges' grading performance.

 

[Lesverts]

I am afraid it still is rampant, the public just doesn't see it. But that is always the case with any event that has 'judges' grading performance.

There hasn't been a major controversy in figure skating scoring since 2014. Most of the controversy now is traditionalists complaining that there is no artistry left. Especially in the men's that have just become how many jumps can he cram into a program and pairs with how many big throws and jumps can we put into the program.