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helsinkibabyHackery annoys me.
From Phil Hersh, re the retirement of Lambiel...
Unlike Buttle, Lambiel was able to do the quadruple jumps that are big point-getters in the scoring system implemented after the pairs skating imbroglio after the 2002 Olympics. But he had become painfully inconsistent on the other litmus test jump, the triple axel.
Em, excuse me? I love Lambiel as much as anyone ever has, but "had become painfully inconsistent" on the triple axel? When was he ever "unpainfully consistent" on the bloody thing? AFAIR, he kept on getting downgraded to doubles, if and when he ever landed the thing... I'm also fairly sure that the first time he won worlds, he did so without getting credit for a triple axel.
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mosca says it better but yeah.
From Phil Hersh, re the retirement of Lambiel...
Unlike Buttle, Lambiel was able to do the quadruple jumps that are big point-getters in the scoring system implemented after the pairs skating imbroglio after the 2002 Olympics. But he had become painfully inconsistent on the other litmus test jump, the triple axel.
Em, excuse me? I love Lambiel as much as anyone ever has, but "had become painfully inconsistent" on the triple axel? When was he ever "unpainfully consistent" on the bloody thing? AFAIR, he kept on getting downgraded to doubles, if and when he ever landed the thing... I'm also fairly sure that the first time he won worlds, he did so without getting credit for a triple axel.
mosca says it better but yeah.
