Did Arakawa(skater) basically win her gold by default due to the top 2 falling? Arakawa was vanilla IMO.?
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All three of the top 3 skaters were so close entering the long program.  Any one of them could have won the gold -- they were all incredibly talented in my opinion.  Arakawa was the only skater who had a clean program without a fall\nso she didn't have a deduction for that.  She skated a beautiful and elegant program, I believe.
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I love figure skating.  I just got back from attending my 3rd World Championships and in January I attended my 6th or 7th Canadians.  I love photographing the skaters, you can see a preview of my Worlds photos on my website: http://www.pbase.com/skatefan.
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They Voted off Erin Ellis and Stanislov Savich.......apparently there is an amazing uproar about it on www.Fox.com/dance. Have your wife check out the discussion boards on there its gettin pretty heated....Hope that helped
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Nope, she won the silver. Oksana Baiul (sp?) just edged her out for the gold.
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I do not think so.  Those falls rarely happen, especially in the ice-dancing category.  It is possible they all had a bad evening.
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Dukie's right. If u perform as a professional ISU doesn't let u compete in that year as far as I know. Besides, Plushenko wanted to rest and the russian dancing pair retired.
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Oh... well in the original dance, on a lift towards the end, they fell.  Barbara was very angry and it lasted through to the free dance. The partners arrived seperately and didn't talk until after the free dance in which they skated beautifully.  You see, the Italians were in the lead after the compulsary dance, good medal position for them. Then with the fall in the original dance, they lost the chance at a medal.
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No, and really, who cares? She won 5 medals in '92 and was robbed of the all-around gold by 0.12 points...I'd say she deserved to be there.
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I love figure skating. The skaters are in great shape and are very athletic. Plus, I admire the way they get up and continue a routine even after they have fallen and messed up their chances of winning. That takes fortitude and guts.\n\nHave to call them as I see them.
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Figure skating: Shizuka Arakawa wins the first gold medal in Turin for Japan. Sasha Cohen of the U.S. and Irina Slutskaya of Russia take silver and bronze.
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Yes.\n\nFrom an Australian perspective, the three gold medals. The most memorable moment was the performance of Canadian weightlifter Marilou Dozois-Prevost in winning the silver medal in the women's weightlifting. She was a female weightlifter who looked like a woman. The other was the hailstorm interrupting the women's pairs in the lawn bowls between Canada and Swaziland.
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Ummmm, they won both the silver and bronze medals in Pairs Figure Skating in Torino and numerous medals in short and long track speed skating.  Not to mention summer olympics where they are leaders in diving and gymnastics. For lists of athletes, see http://www.olympics.org
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Chris got the boot.  Kat was with him in the lower two.  She got about 100 votes more than him.  Taylor got the most votes, he won by a landslide.  I saw this on a website, but now I can't find it! :(
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Yes, it may sound odd but today's Women's Super Giant Slalom was indeed cancelled due to blizzards and high winds and while it sounds bizarre there is a very good reason (namely the same reason behind the delay in the Women's Combined Downhill when a Croatian who was first down the mountain crashed when a gust of wind caught her off balance as she cleared a jump)
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During the Torino Olympics Cindy Klassen (Speed Skating)from Canada won 5 medals. 1 Gold, 2 Silver and 2 Bronze. That's made her the biggest winner in Torino.\n\nIn 1980, in Lake PLacid, Eric Heiden from USA won 5 gold medals. That I think is the best in one olympics.\n\nBut, Ole Einar Bjoerndalen (Biathlon) is the most decorated athlete. He had 6 medals before the Torino games and add three other medals. So he has now 9 winter olympic medals (5-3-1).
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I have been a fan of ANTM since the beginning. This cycle has been the most enjoyable. Nnenna was indeed a top contender. I think the problem was that she started off really strong, and it was difficult for her to improve each week.The other girls improvements were gradual so they made a stronger impact. This is not the last we are going to be seeing of Nnenna!
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It's not unusual for a figure skater to change coaches, especially one with a strong personality, like Sasha seems to have. As she's gotten older, she's needed different things from coaches, and that's likely influenced her decision. In addition, despite her high level of skill and her huge successes, many fans still feel like she hasn't fulfilled her potential - so she may be searching for someone who can help her win those big events. \n\nWith some skaters, they feel like their first coach can still help them through what they need as they've gotten older, more mature, as their skating has changed, and as their own personality has changed. Sometimes, a coaching change is necessary simply because the skater feels like they need to take more control of their own skating, but their coach still sees them as the kid that they were.