Breaking WDSF World Championships 2022

[phelps 7,869]

  On 10/21/2022 at 8:40 PM, Laraja said:

Actually this competition is not following any procedure similar to other sports' Worlds Championships. There is no limit of athletes per country, for instance

I am not sure, but I think that the seeds come from the performance on the previous stage

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exactly...

 

and of course France has already been spotted by the judges at no. 1 in both the boys and girls events.

 

no doubt that they will win a lot in the next couple of years and especially at the Home Olympics.

 

gotta love the activities where the ranking is already known before the start.

[Bearas 542]

Not a great pairing for  Nicka to go against World Games champion  Ami 

[JoshMartini007 2,572]

Good start for Canada, all the more reason to fast track this sport to a permanent spot at the Olympics.

Edited October 21, 2022 by JoshMartini007

[Bearas 542]

Actually enjoying the TV production. The massive let down is that it is impossible to find out results!

[Dragon 1,899]

  On 10/21/2022 at 8:51 PM, phelps said:

exactly...

 

and of course France has already been spotted by the judges at no. 1 in both the boys and girls events.

 

no doubt that they will win a lot in the next couple of years and especially at the Home Olympics.

 

gotta love the activities where the ranking is already known before the start.

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Are there any rules for judging it this time?

 

I remember that at the Youth Olympics it was basically "Which do you like best? The one going first or the one going second?" and that's how they decided who won

[phelps 7,869]

  On 10/22/2022 at 11:35 AM, Dragon said:

Are there any rules for judging it this time?

 

I remember that at the Youth Olympics it was basically "Which do you like best? The one going first or the one going second?" and that's how they decided who won

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I can only see that there are 9 judges voting for one boy/girl or another and the number of favourable judges determine the result...no idea about rules and criteria (and frankly I'm not interested to discover them)...

[phelps 7,869]

however, medal matches are being contested right now, if someone is interested...

 

 Ayumi has just taken the girls bronze medal

 

 are also in the Gold Medal match vs  

 

 vs  for bronze among the boys, where the GMM is between  and  

 

I expected some French participation in the final 4, but this time the Asian connection and the North-American bias have been stronger. 

 is the only "geographical" exception...

[Dragon 1,899]

  On 10/22/2022 at 11:42 AM, phelps said:

I can only see that there are 9 judges voting for one boy/girl or another and the number of favourable judges determine the result...no idea about rules and criteria (and frankly I'm not interested to discover them)...

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As long as nobody knows the rules then nobody can criticize the judging 

[phelps 7,869]

  On 10/22/2022 at 11:51 AM, Dragon said:

As long as nobody knows the rules then nobody can criticize the judging 

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no, but we can criticize the fact that there are no objective parameters to judge that thing, therefore this is just another "entertainment activity" and definitely NOT a sport. 

[Dragon 1,899]

Personally I'm waiting for  to have someone competing in this...