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Is it just me, or do others feel that the French judge was singled out for spilling the beans? There were obviously more than one corrupt judge, yet the one that came clean, gets sanctioned.

Somehow, my faith is not restored.

In a previous Winter Olympics, the French were represented by a female singles skates (Sonia B...., help me with the name someone, a black woman who was athletic enough to play for the NHL). She was an incredible skater, doing unbelievable maneuvers with grace, accuracy, and perfection...but what do I know, I'm not a judge.

Anyway, one of the announcers explained that she couldn't take the gold because she was too athletic to appeal to the judges. That's when I lost interest. How can someone be too athletic to win a sports award?

The only way to stop this judging nonsense is to stick to sports. Who can do the most or most complicated turns, jumps, etc., who can skate the fastest, the farthest, whatever...things that are measured or scored. Forget style points in skating, and skiing, gymnastics...let these events evolve and let people be as ugly as they want at achieving the goal. (The NFL doesn't award extra points for graceful touchdowns.)

Then, I'll be interested again; when it's a sport. And that French judge...blaming someone else for throwing a vote...geesh...did they have a gun to her head; JUST SAY NO!!!

Anyway, one of the announcers explained that she couldn't take the gold because she was too athletic to appeal to the judges.

Man, if tennis was judged this way, I guess the Williams sisters would be looking for work.

About the only Olympics we've been watching is the kurling, while we wait for 'Imus in the Morning' on MSNBC. Why Kurling is on a 6AM is beyond me, I'm assuming it's taped and they aren't out there at 3AM in Utah with their little brooms.

Saraya Bonaly... the only female who could do a back flip and land it one-footed. At the worlds that year, she stepped down off the podium (she got bronze) in protest, it upset the judges. Then at the last olympics in Nagano, after she fell during triples in her long program, she knew she had no change to medal so she skated for the crowd. Yes, the backflip, that's not allowed because all those little blonde girls can't do it, and when she finished she faced the audience and the Emperor not the judges. When you have nothing you have nothing to lose. Oh, she had, IMO, weird music very new age-ish, the judges didn't like that either but it suited her skating.

To post #8. Why is that sort of disparity okay in mens?

Who can do the most or most complicated turns, jumps, etc., who can skate the fastest, the farthest, whatever...things that are measured or scored. Forget style points in skating, and skiing, gymnastics...let these events evolve and let people be as ugly as they want at achieving the goal.

I cannot agree. The standard is known going in, and the standard for ice skating has always been a combination of athleticism, and artistic grace. In no way are they mutually exclusive. In the past, the most artistic and graceful were often also the best at difficult jumps.

I do not equate ice skating pairs with the NFL, in the slightest. Evidence can be found whereby music is played for ice skating, but not for football.