re: Team Figure Skating - Day 3 - Finals (USA, Spoilers)

You can tell the difference in the base points

Our boy was sitting 15+ on every jump. This dude is barely over 12 on his

So again, like the American female before, why try to push the envelope and do really hard stuff? Do the easier stuff perfectly.

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So again, like the American female before, why try to push the envelope and do really hard stuff? Do the easier stuff perfectly.

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I feel like the Russians dominated figure skating for years by having an army of 15 year olds that would just skate around until like the last minute of the skate and then start doing a bunch of jumps and spins.

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why try to push the envelope and do really hard stuff?

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because it wins

Gold - USA
Silver - Japan
Bronze - Italy