dcro 10,186 Posted March 24, 2022 #11 Share Posted March 24, 2022 19 minutes ago, Grassmarket said: Brutal Putinesque purge of the Commentary team. The International Skating Union has replaced its World Championships commentators after they made offensive remarks about Canadian former world champion Meagan Duhamel. British commentator Simon Reed called the 36-year-old the "bitch from Canada" at the end of Wednesday's pairs event in Montpellier, France, apparently thinking his microphone was turned off. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/winter-sports/60862927 Funny thing is that he was replaced by the commentator who is known to be a Russophile... I immediately switched to the Eurosport Player upon hearing his voice. EDIT: Also, Duhamel is far from an innocent bystander in all of this. But I guess it's easier to get away with it on Twitter (surprise, surprise). #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto 4,257 Posted March 24, 2022 #12 Share Posted March 24, 2022 30 minutes ago, dcro said: Funny thing is that he was replaced by the commentator who is known to be a Russophile... I immediately switched to the Eurosport Player upon hearing his voice. EDIT: Also, Duhamel is far from an innocent bystander in all of this. But I guess it's easier to get away with it on Twitter (surprise, surprise). Yea Duhamel has a nact for not minding her own business and victimizing herself, but what the announcer said was plain wrong. Also Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,279 Posted March 24, 2022 #13 Share Posted March 24, 2022 Mixed Pairs Final Results United States Alexa Knierim Brandon Frazier 221.09 Japan Riku Miura Ryuichi Kihara 199.55 Canada Vanessa James Eric Radford 197.32 Full Final Result HERE Short Program Result HERE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,279 Posted March 24, 2022 #14 Share Posted March 24, 2022 First Pairs World title since 1979 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monzanator 3,602 Posted March 25, 2022 #15 Share Posted March 25, 2022 fielded a girl born in Poland in pairs? This event is truly going nowhere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,186 Posted March 25, 2022 #16 Share Posted March 25, 2022 1 hour ago, Monzanator said: fielded a girl born in Poland in pairs? This event is truly going nowhere Well, their Beijing pair got suspended over a lip gloss. #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monzanator 3,602 Posted March 25, 2022 #17 Share Posted March 25, 2022 Just now, dcro said: Well, their Beijing pair got suspended over a lip gloss. Yes, I know, but what happened with importing Russian or American skaters? I mean even Poland imports some Russians to figure skating these days. Who da hell imports Poles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opruh 129 Posted March 25, 2022 #18 Share Posted March 25, 2022 This is tournament is a big joke, although the commentary drama was quite entertaining. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werloc 3,127 Posted March 25, 2022 #19 Share Posted March 25, 2022 It's crazy what's going on right now in the women's free skate. An amazing example of what contests can do to people and these girls know that this might be the only chance for a world title, because figure skating will do everything to get Russia back on board as soon as the war is over. Everybody is chasing a life time achievement and everybody is way more nervous than usual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,186 Posted March 25, 2022 #20 Share Posted March 25, 2022 Medal for Loena! What a great program to watch. #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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