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Pastimes : Salt Lake City 2002 Olympics -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Stew who wrote (2)	2/12/2002 6:35:25 PM
From: Patsy Collins	Read Replies (5) \| Respond to of 238

The French judge placed the Russian pair over the French Canadian couple. These are professional judges, they are trained to look for certain things; not just a missed step, but the overall spins, moves, dance steps, ballad moves, curves, etc. If this event were held in Europe, and the telecast was European, without the US commentators that are biased against the Russians, you might not be so angry right now. Remember, figure skating is more ballad than dance. Since there is a separate event called ice dancing. The Canadian; while mistake free, had a slightly less difficult program, not nearly as balladic as the Russians, and were perhaps too modern in their moves. This is a very old "ballad styled" sport; if it is a sport in the first place......