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Subject: Re: Olympic Judging

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Northern Coalition

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Date Posted: 13:20:23 02/12/02 Tue
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In reply to: Davy 's message, "Olympic Judging" on 10:38:22 02/12/02 Tue

>Did anybody watch the Olympic figure skating last
>night? What a disgrace! Canadians Jamie Sale and
>David Pelletier gave the performance of their lives
>and of the competition and won a silver metal. It was
>apparent by everybody that was watching (including the
>Russian competitors that won the gold metal) that Sale
>and Pelletier deserved the gold metal. What were
>those judges doing? It was so obvious that the
>winners were predetermining before the skaters even
>took to the ice. Also, how did China win the bronze
>metal? Their final performance had to be the worst as
>they looked as though they gave up after their first
>error. What a disgrace! Canada should have won their
>first gold metal with Sale and Pelletier!
>
>The Olympic judges kind of remind me of Quesnel City
>Council. Everything has been decided on by the powers
>that be before the public vote.

I think that there should be no judges on the panel that are from the same country as any of the skaters. Hopefully that would eliminate any favoratism. And I hope this inquiry into what happened last night, gives Jamie Sale and
David Pelletier the Gold metal that they deserve.

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Re: Olympic Judging	me	16:08:13 02/12/02 Tue

Re: Olympic Judging	Square D	16:26:47 02/12/02 Tue
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