Them’s fighting words in Canada. Figure skating is super popular where I live.
… When Dick Pound called out the sport just a month from the opening of the Vancouver Olympics, claiming figure skating hadn’t yet cleaned up its potential for corruption, his words struck a nerve with fans and athletes.
Some said the former boss of the World Anti-Doping Agency doesn’t understand the new judging system. Most agreed it was lousy timing. …
Pound, a Montreal lawyer and a member of the International Olympic Committee, blasted the sport, saying there was no guarantee the new judging system has removed the potential for controversy in Vancouver. …
I pay very little attention to figure skating, myself. It seems to me that controversies are more entertaining to fans than the athletics.
Besides … once you’ve seen the Iron Lotus in competition, you’ve already seen the ultimate the sport has to offer.
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North Koreans invented this combination … It resulted in a decapitation.
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