Right now, if any other of the top five female skaters performed
exactly the same as Kwan--EXACTLY--move for move, the judges would
give thetop place to the other skater. I believe that there is a
fierce anti-Kwan bias.

--- In michellekwanfanatics@yahoogroups.com, "misao_dhy115"
<misao_dhy115@y...> wrote:
> I think they judges did that on purpose just to make Michelle feel
> bad.
> --- In michellekwanfanatics@yahoogroups.com, Michael R
> <scootie12@y...> wrote:
> > I think the judging was a little absurd, but she was marked down
> not necessarily because of the music being too long, but rather
that
> she did not finish her program in time. Even though the music may
> be 2min 40sec, she was still in motion, and her program did not
come
> to a complete stop until 2min 42sec. But we see this happen all
the
> time, and furthermore, I'm sure the audience was so loud that she
> wouldn't have been able to tell the exact moment the music stopped.
> >
> > Just one of those really picky juding issues. Unfortunately they
> singled her out for it.
> >
> > Maybe the referee was in a bad mood that day...lol
> >
> >
> >
> >
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