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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Left-handed Hummingbird" data-source="post: 68236" data-attributes="member: 268">Well, I can't blame them for being bitter NOW after another scandal in the olympic skating. I realise that the American (like any other country's) media isn't ever going to critisize the judgement when you win, but Slutskaya had deserved Gold. Not Hughes - even though she is an all american, charming, girl-next-door upset.The Danish commentators weren't in doubt that Hughes showmanship is great, but her technique is quite simply far below that of the other finalists. She only landed one (count them: ONE) of her tripple jumps perfectly, she didn't finish the rotations in the rest of them - which she often doesn't, but she is great at camouflaging this. The Swedish commentators were speechless. Slutskaya was robbed.Oh well, I guess the local kid always gets the breaks, but I think if this was a Japanese kid in Nagano that had stolen gold from the American and Russian favorite people might have seen it differently.With that said, WOW what an American showing. Cohen is going to RULE the next olympics, she has far better technique than Hughes, and her agility was possibly the greatest of all the skaters. She is a great jumper as well and when she starts doing quads, nobody is going to stand a chance against her.</blockquote>