Simon Posted February 24, 2006 Share Posted February 24, 2006 I must admit it would be something to see some of you twirling around the ice in a dress 610320[/snapback] Probably preferable to seeing me twirling around the ice out of a dress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBTG81 Posted February 24, 2006 Share Posted February 24, 2006 OK, so let me make sure I read this article correctly.This girl was competing in Olympic figure skating and during her routine she fell down. Twice. And then they gave her a silver medal for falling down twice? Questions: Did the gold medal winner only fall once and then everybody else in the entire competition fell down 3 or more times? Was I unaware of the fact that I was actually reading about the Special Olympics? How in hte hell can you fall on your ass twice at the world's most presitigous figure skating competition and be considered to have had the second best performance? Why does the way figure skating is run always remind me of the way college football is run? 610298[/snapback] Simon, all you have to do is listen to the announcers... Each thing you do is worth points. You accumulate these points and the prgram goes on. Sasha's was the most difficult, thus she earned a lot of points... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Like A Mofo Posted February 24, 2006 Share Posted February 24, 2006 that japanese chick is hot! 610294[/snapback] She sure is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eball Posted February 24, 2006 Author Share Posted February 24, 2006 OK, so let me make sure I read this article correctly.This girl was competing in Olympic figure skating and during her routine she fell down. Twice. And then they gave her a silver medal for falling down twice? Questions: Did the gold medal winner only fall once and then everybody else in the entire competition fell down 3 or more times? Was I unaware of the fact that I was actually reading about the Special Olympics? How in hte hell can you fall on your ass twice at the world's most presitigous figure skating competition and be considered to have had the second best performance? Why does the way figure skating is run always remind me of the way college football is run? 610298[/snapback] Your comments about why she still medaled despite her screwups have already been answered, but Sasha herself was surprised. After the competition she admitted that she didn't think she would be on the podium after her two slipups. Very gracious comments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweet baboo Posted February 25, 2006 Share Posted February 25, 2006 OK, so let me make sure I read this article correctly.This girl was competing in Olympic figure skating and during her routine she fell down. Twice. And then they gave her a silver medal for falling down twice? Questions: Did the gold medal winner only fall once and then everybody else in the entire competition fell down 3 or more times? Was I unaware of the fact that I was actually reading about the Special Olympics? How in hte hell can you fall on your ass twice at the world's most presitigous figure skating competition and be considered to have had the second best performance? Why does the way figure skating is run always remind me of the way college football is run? 610298[/snapback] the gold winner didn't fall the silver winner fell twice i think the bronze winner only fell once...i remember being surprised cohen would've won...her two falls looked pretty awkward Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gross Posted February 25, 2006 Share Posted February 25, 2006 the gold winner didn't fallthe silver winner fell twice i think the bronze winner only fell once...i remember being surprised cohen would've won...her two falls looked pretty awkward 611037[/snapback] Bronze fell once but she had other issues. They did a breakdown afterwards of how the scoring went. Irina scored higher on the jumps (somewhat offset by the fact that Irena also "doubled out" of some planned triple jumps, reducing her difficulty level), but Sasha scored more on step sequences (everything but the jumping and the spinning...) and on the "component" score. Wow, did I just say that? We put it on for the girls to watch tonight... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scraps Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 OK, so let me make sure I read this article correctly.This girl was competing in Olympic figure skating and during her routine she fell down. Twice. And then they gave her a silver medal for falling down twice? Questions: Did the gold medal winner only fall once and then everybody else in the entire competition fell down 3 or more times? Was I unaware of the fact that I was actually reading about the Special Olympics? How in hte hell can you fall on your ass twice at the world's most presitigous figure skating competition and be considered to have had the second best performance? Why does the way figure skating is run always remind me of the way college football is run? 610298[/snapback] The Gold Medal winner did not fall. She was the exception rather than the rule. Sasha won her medal because everyone else was that much worse. This was literally the worst figure skating I've ever seen for the Olympics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gross Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 How in hte hell can you fall on your ass twice at the world's most presitigous figure skating competition and be considered to have had the second best performance? Why does the way figure skating is run always remind me of the way college football is run? 610298[/snapback] Let's put this another way: how is it that the Steelers had more turnovers than the Seahawks yet they still won the Super Bowl...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 Let's put this another way: how is it that the Steelers had more turnovers than the Seahawks yet they still won the Super Bowl...? 612417[/snapback] Cuz football has a scoreboard instead of judges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R. Rich Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 Cuz football has a scoreboard instead of judges. 612448[/snapback] I give that response a 5.6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 I give that response a 5.6 612452[/snapback] That's freaking pinko commie math! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R. Rich Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 That's freaking pinko commie math! 612453[/snapback] Now that's no way to talk about math, my favorite school subject and my college major. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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