Monday, January 9, 2012

That French Judge:

If you've ever wondered where the saying "That French Judge" came from, just watch this video and check the ordinals.  5th place!

4 comments:

  1. Can you explain a little more? I can't understand what you want to say just with this video...

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  2. Under the 6.0 system the french judge was often the judge that would give ridiculous scores. You can see on the above video the french judge gave Alexei 5th place, while other judges gave higher placements, mostly giving Alexei 1st place ordinals. There were many jokes about the french judges in those days. Mostly the in the 90s through early 2000.

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  3. Also, the 2002 Olympics Pair Scandal involved a French Judge who was later suspended.
    http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1142586

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  4. ah! Thank you!!
    Yeah, there sometimes are judges who gives ridiculous points..

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