2026 Winter Olympics - Day 3 (February 9)

[Topicmaster1010 5,865]

Muir hasn't gone yet, just wait

[Josh 12,268]

Just now, Topicmaster1010 said:

Muir hasn't gone yet, just wait

I’m tired I’ve been making so many mistakes today oops

[Josh 12,268]

Bronze for Megan Oldham in women's free-ski slopestyle!

 

Attempted a 1440 on her second run after back to back 1260s, would've been in contention for gold if she landed that but had a heavy crash. Luckily she was okay, and went on to score her 76.46 bronze medal run afterwards. 

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[Topicmaster1010 5,865]

So happy for Oldham!!! So well deserved after all the career accolades she's had so far.

[orangeman 2,424]

Yay! That was really close!

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[intoronto 6,665]

Phew and finally a second medal

[NearPup 3,680]

Today has already gone better than I expected it to xD

[Topicmaster1010 5,865]

2 minutes ago, NearPup said:

Today has already gone better than I expected it to xD

Yep, already a better day than yesterday

[Topicmaster1010 5,865]

Something tells me that I won't be listening to many Benson Boone songs after these Olympics are over

[Ashes 19]

Question about the Ice Dancing event. I've seen on social media and now in the news that there is some controversy surrounding the Ice Academy of Montreal and judging. According to a Global News article:

 

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But scores this season have favoured Great Britain’s Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson, another I.AM team, and Gilles has openly voiced her disappointment in the judging.

 

Fans on figure skating forums have also frequently suggested that at least some of I.AM’s dominance — the academy held the top three positions after the team-event rhythm dance in Milan — is the result of a cosy relationship with the judges.

 

Dubreuil says that notion undermines the hours they dedicate to attending events, learning from judges on ways to improve and implementing their feedback.

 

“We’re not politicking as much as we are strategizing for every team that we have,” Dubreuil said. “Trying to just shine a light on what they do well and hide what they don’t do so well in the choreography. “(We) go to meetings, take in the notes, put in the work.”

 

Lauzon, meanwhile, says suggestions that the academy receives preferential treatment stem from a misunderstanding of how ice dance is judged.

 

“Our sport has always dealt with controversy of judging,” he said. “Even my skater will come out after a competition and look at a score sheet and say, ‘Oh I didn’t get a nice score because that judge is from that country, that judge doesn’t like me’ “Once you start analyzing it, you understand the scores, and I actually find it quite easy to understand. I think that’s why we’ve been successful, we’re very good at that part of the job.”

https://globalnews.ca/news/11658424/montreal-academy-goes-for-olympic-podium-sweep/

Does it feel like the results are being fixed, or are I.AM  simply listening to the judges on how to improve? It really does look like P&P have been SEVERELY underscored, the optics are very bad IMO.