I swear to God this sport pisses me off so much, actually no, the iSU is the one pissing me off so much.
All they constantly do is make things worse. Biased judging has always been here and they have done nothing to stop it. Russian, Japanese, and American athletes are constantly getting overscored while skaters from other smaller federations get underscored. The rule they passed in the last congress about judging is bullshit and does nothing to face the actual problem.
People are complaining that fs has lost its artistry? Let's remove a jumping pass AGAIN. Yes, the jumping passes used to be 8 and then turned to 7 and now to 6. In a 100 years will there be 4 jumps at this rate? The most ironic part of everything is the fact that during the time when 8 jumping passes were performed it was also artistry's "prime".
Removing a jumping pass helps with nothing, it only makes it easier for skaters who are not advanced technically. They are actively making the sport easier.
Ilia was trying for two season to land those 7 quads and now they are like yeah let's reduce them to 6 (cause really who is doing a quad as a second jump in a combo? Only Misha and Ilia) and scrap one combination, scrap the euler while we are at it too. Why!? He is actively trying to push the boundaries and you are like "Yeah no thank you."
I am just so pissed rn. Also the choreo spin will do nothing. Everyone is just most likely going to do a normal spinning position and call it a day. 😭
Also the fact that all 3 men medalists at Worlds voiced how they didn't like the rules changes. Those are your top skaters right there, why are we not considering their opinions? And seriously it's pissing me off so bad. It's like the skaters and audience that are watching have no say when it clearly involves us. Especially the skaters! Shouldn't there be a voting of some sorts!? And not amongst the ISU but skaters and public included. Seriously, it's ridiculous.
Also why doesn't technique matter anymore!? Lutzes are flutzes and flips have outside edges (evgenia, Kaori, Alexandra and so on) prerotations are going insane (Alysa having 0,75 at triples is diabolical. Like why are we praising Ilia so much for having 0,25 and 0,50 prerotation when that should be the standard to begin with! [It's valid that we do It's textbook perfect but shouldn't everyone's be!?]) Also Ami's (3A) and Isabeau'a jumping techniques...
Traveling is ignored too. What was with Anna's spins at the Olympics and getting no call whatsoever about traveling from Beijing to Russia. And I am not trying to hate on the skaters. That's the problem, everyone gets mad at Alysa, or Anna or Ilia for playing along. Hate the game not the player! They are not responsible for how they are judged and scored.
Also, the way they have been favoring Russia for years, disgusting. The 2002 pair event at the Olympics, both Canadian team and Russia team getting gold! Almost as if they refused to upset Russia. The way they have broken the Olympics truce, not once, not twice yet THREE TIMES. And only got punished once and you have people like Tatiana Tarasova coming out and asking why they got banned. The state sponsored dopings yet the ISU just turns a blind eye...
As much as I love this sport, I get so mad at times at what it has become... Maybe I am getting too political or heated here and I apologize yet I am so done with this. It really makes me realize how powerless we all are and how little our opinions matter.
