Urmanov is not impressed with the Cup of China
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MOSCOW, Nov. 6 - RIA Novosti. The arbitrators serving the men's competition at the third stage of the Grand Prix of Figure Skating, adopted a series of controversial decisions, says the 1994 Olympic champion Alexei Urmanov.
Tournament Cup of China won the Japanese Takahiko Kozuka. Silver went to American Brandon Mroz, and Bronze - to Tomas Verner Cech. Former world champion Brian Joubert of France finished in fourth place, and Russian Sergey Voronov due to injury was unable to finish the competition.
"I think that the refereeing at this tournament will strike many more conversations - Urmanov said in a telephone conversation with RIA Novosti. - The judges ruled out that Joubert purely executed quadruple toe loop and it was reduced to a triple. When that underotation was obviously less than a quarter of turnover. But if so the less points should be given to Kozuka for his underotated quad, and other athletes. "
The interlocutor of agency has suggested that the decision of the arbitrators could deprive Joubert of medals.
"In the short program, for example, Mroz without question counted cascade" 4 3 ". And the replay clearly shows that the first jump he had a serious nedokrut - over a quarter of turnover - added the expert. - In short, this nuance judges can very strongly "hooligans." I'm pretty sure that the judges didn't even watch the video repeat of "controversial" cascade of Mroz. But they wanted to pick up on Joubert and they did. And may be those lost points were the reason Joubert didn't get to be one of the top three winners " .
"By the way, with regard to program of the Frenchman, I was very surprised that he did not even try to go to the highest levels of footwork and spins. Do not really understand, with what team Joubert going to fight for victory," - said the Olympic champion.
In this case, Urmanov called the results of competitions, in general, understandable. "Japanese Kozuka actually looked better than the rest - he stated. - But to be honest, no program of skaters who performed in Beijing impressed me."
Ria Novosti
MOSCOW, Nov. 6 - RIA Novosti. The arbitrators serving the men's competition at the third stage of the Grand Prix of Figure Skating, adopted a series of controversial decisions, says the 1994 Olympic champion Alexei Urmanov.
Tournament Cup of China won the Japanese Takahiko Kozuka. Silver went to American Brandon Mroz, and Bronze - to Tomas Verner Cech. Former world champion Brian Joubert of France finished in fourth place, and Russian Sergey Voronov due to injury was unable to finish the competition.
"I think that the refereeing at this tournament will strike many more conversations - Urmanov said in a telephone conversation with RIA Novosti. - The judges ruled out that Joubert purely executed quadruple toe loop and it was reduced to a triple. When that underotation was obviously less than a quarter of turnover. But if so the less points should be given to Kozuka for his underotated quad, and other athletes. "
The interlocutor of agency has suggested that the decision of the arbitrators could deprive Joubert of medals.
"In the short program, for example, Mroz without question counted cascade" 4 3 ". And the replay clearly shows that the first jump he had a serious nedokrut - over a quarter of turnover - added the expert. - In short, this nuance judges can very strongly "hooligans." I'm pretty sure that the judges didn't even watch the video repeat of "controversial" cascade of Mroz. But they wanted to pick up on Joubert and they did. And may be those lost points were the reason Joubert didn't get to be one of the top three winners " .
"By the way, with regard to program of the Frenchman, I was very surprised that he did not even try to go to the highest levels of footwork and spins. Do not really understand, with what team Joubert going to fight for victory," - said the Olympic champion.
In this case, Urmanov called the results of competitions, in general, understandable. "Japanese Kozuka actually looked better than the rest - he stated. - But to be honest, no program of skaters who performed in Beijing impressed me."
Ria Novosti