Russian Couple wins Figure Skating Gold
Four years ago, Russian Figure Skaters, Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sukharulidze, were in the eye of an Olympic Scandal storm. Tonight, the pair of Tatyana Totmiyanina and Maxim Marinin are Figure Skating Champions.
The scandal from 4 years ago resulted in two pairs of Gold Medalists (no Silver, 1 Bronze) at the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics (2002) and a totally revamped Scoring System at this winter games. Everybody was watching the Pair Figure Skating events closely tonight, lest there be another judging impropriety.
Totmiyanina and Marinin triumphant (Source: NBC)
Barely two years ago, Totmiyanina was the victim of a near-fatal fall at the Skate America Competition. After a long rehabilitation, their triumphant return is a classic story of dogged-determination.
Totmiyanina and Marinin in less fortunate circumstances (Source: NBC)
The eerily similar situation occurred tonight to the Chinese pair, Dan Zhang and Hao Zhang, after the former slipped while trying to land a ‘throw quad Salchow.’
Dan Zhang shaken after the fall (Source: NBC)
The two Chinese pairs of Dan Zhang with Hao Zhang and Xue Shen with Hongbo Zhao skated nearly flawless programs but were not enough to overtake the Russian pair.
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Light the Torch » Figure Skating IS A SPORT!
Feb 20, 2006 at 11:31 pm
[…] But Figure Skating today is unlike the Figure Skating events of yesteryears. Fans understand the difficulties involved in awarding scores according to artistic interpretation, that’s why many have clamored for changes in the Judging System. And those Judging System has gone through many modifications, some very drastic. […]
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