tripleaxel96 Says:
Nov 19, 2008 - Beside politics, bear in mind, it's the luck of the draw as to which country ends up on the panel, and with the stronger nations who have multiple judges available to judge, it may not be the same judge chosen for that country as well.
huetboy27 Says:
Nov 19, 2008 - Their win was correct. They only had one major error, but otherwise strong technical elements and outstanding artistry. Shishkova/Naumov's program was very strong on the technical side but bloodless and devoid of any emotion. Eltsova/Bushkov had a huge error also, and were even more emotionless and colder then Shishkova/Naumov. Meno/Sand had nice artistry, and strong lifts, but pitiful side by side jumps and tiny throws and twist. Woetzel/Steuer were a disaester.
uwoeric Says:
Nov 19, 2008 - OMG thanks so much!!!! I've waited so long to watch this performance, and it's nowhere to be found on YouTube. YAY!I gotta say, I'm a bit disappointed though. They skated like World Champions in the SP, but this LP was very shaky. The obvious error on the triple toes, and struggles with the throw salchow, a lift, and double flips. Nowhere near as good as their Euro's performance, and they didn't even win there!Funny how politics works something in skating...