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moguls spoils - some officials are being bitchy about the result.

Posted by Beryllium (aka grayman) Feb 15 '10, 09:48

"Australian official believes Begg-Smith should have won moguls gold"

Fuck that. Thank your lucky stars that the Frenchman didn't take the silver from you - *he* was robbed.

bleh. heh. (www.timescolonist.com)

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Begg-Smith is an ass. - Andie Feb 15, 09:52
my facebook group "let's see if this pickle can win a gold medal before Canada does" didn't last long -- nm - poochinski Feb 15, 09:50
agreed with the IM. Frogman was blistering fast, knees tight, serviceable air... he had one little slip before the first jump, and then ripped. -- nm - TFox Feb 15, 09:50 18
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  - here's how they are scored: - Andie Feb 15, 10:00
  - yep. ditto to the IM (of course) :) -- nm - Beryllium Feb 15, 09:54
- He effed up one of his jumps. He was supposed to grab his ski on his 2nd(?) air and completely whiffed. -- nm - Shaun Feb 15, 09:51 3
  - Normally in judged events, the judges will (at times) prefer an attempt at a more complex trick than a success at a simpler one - Beryllium Feb 15, 09:52 2
    - that's the thing- it was a low DoD trick. -- nm - Reagen Feb 15, 09:54 1
      - it was? oh - I didn't realize that. Hmm. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 15, 09:54
- He missed his second trick. He was supposed to grab his skis and whiffed. -- nm - Reagen Feb 15, 09:51 10
  - I know that, but I think it's kind of BS that he's judged based on his practice runs, not on his actual run. - TFox Feb 15, 09:54 9
    - ? he missed his jump in the actual run. -- nm - Andie Feb 15, 09:58
    - ? Who said he's judged on his practice run? - Reagen Feb 15, 09:57 7
      - But only because that was the move he did in practice. He did a textbook back flip during his run. - TFox Feb 15, 09:59 6
        
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        but, i believe a basic flip is a really really low scoring jump. - Andie Feb 15, 10:02 2
        
        Yep, that's what I saw in the slo-mo replay (and the CTV commentator commented as well, that he missed the grab) -- nm - Beryllium Feb 15, 10:05 1
        
        And the CTV commentator, who I believe is a former skier, said it as though there *were* rules about what he was supposed to do -- nm - Beryllium Feb 15, 10:06
        
        no, he didn't. the jump he did in the run was he was supposed to grab his skis. a basic flip is way too easy for an olympic jump -- nm - Andie Feb 15, 10:01
        
        (i'm off to meetings. I'll explain more later if people still aren't following.) -- nm - TFox Feb 15, 10:00

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