Jean Senft - Order of Canada

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I'll just say what's bound to be said: what a joke 'fairer judging'.

If fairer judging means going along with a plan to get your own team a medal and then whistleblowing it after it doesn't happen, when you were the one giving the most outrageous ordinals. ;)

Congratulations to her, anyways.
 
I can look at other countries' award systems and see plenty of honorees whose only "contribution" to society was donating $$$$ to a political party, being part of the old boys' network, etc etc etc. I have no problem with Jean Senft getting the Order of Canada. Congratulations to her.
 
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overedge said:
I can look at other countries' award systems and see plenty of honorees whose "contribution" to society was donating $$$$ to a political party, being part of the old boys' network, etc etc etc. I have no problem with Jean Senft getting the Order of Canada. Congratulations to her.
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You could always have a problem with all of those things, too, rather than excusing her attempted cheating behavior in a sport you love… no? ?
 
overedge said:
I can look at other countries' award systems and see plenty of honorees whose "contribution" to society was donating $$$$ to a political party, being part of the old boys' network, etc etc etc. I have no problem with Jean Senft getting the Order of Canada. Congratulations to her.
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Which ones are those? I didn't see that.

That's the first time I read through them all. Definitely recognize Bruny Surin's name. That's it.
 
In her final World Championships in 2018, Senft's placements of the Free Dance were:
(Actual placement in the segment in parentheses)

2. Weaver / Poje ?? (4)
3. Gilles / Poirier ?? (6)
4. Hubbell / Donohue ?? (2)
5. Cappellini / Lanotte ?? (3)
6. Guignard / Fabbri ?? (9)
7. Chock / Bates ?? (5)
8. Hawayek / Baker ?? (10)
9. Stepanova / Bukin ?? (7)
10. Zagorski / Guerreiro ?? (8)
11. Soucisse / Firus ?? (14)

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^ I read your post wrong, but that shows more of the same from her. :lol:
 
Seerek said:
In her final World Championships in 2018, Senft's placements of the Free Dance were:
(Actual placement in the segment in parentheses)

2. Weaver / Poje ?? (4)
3. Gilles / Poirier ?? (6)
4. Hubbell / Donohue ?? (2)
5. Cappellini / Lanotte ?? (3)
6. Guignard / Fabbri ?? (9)
7. Chock / Bates ?? (5)
8. Hawayek / Baker ?? (10)
9. Stepanova / Bukin ?? (7)
10. Zagorski / Guerreiro ?? (8)
11. Soucisse / Firus ?? (14)

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And that’s what she’s being rewarded for. Promotion of Canadians. Makes sense
 
Lord have mercy.

I see V/Moir have are recipients as well. Have any other members of the Canadian figure skating community received this honor?
 
Coco said:
Lord have mercy.

I see V/Moir have are recipients as well. Have any other members of the Canadian figure skating community received this honor?
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Yes lots of them.

IIRC just off the top of my head:

Barbara Ann Scott
Tracy Wilson & Rob McCall
Brian Orser
Kurt Browning
Elvis Stokjo

Plus more…plus some coaches.

Kaetlyn Osmond received the Order of Newfoundland and Labrador.
 
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Prompted by posts in a new thread, I did some searching on the Internet and found examples of how Jean Senft has been whitewashing her record:

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West Vancouver skating judge faced down a corrupt system ⦠and won

Jean Senft has been named to the Order of Canada for her efforts to clean up figure-skating judging
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Her efforts have been well-documented:

• She exposed Russian judges forming blocs with judges from former Soviet republics, France and Italy.

• She faced a backlash, and a suspension, from the international figure skating community for rocking the boat.

• She fought appeals, then further appeals until her suspension was lifted.
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As far as I can tell, she served her one-year suspension and never had her record expunged.
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West Vancouverite appointed to the Order of Canada for service to figure skating

Figure skating judge and West Vancouverite Jean Riley Senft is among latest Order of Canada recipients
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“I think I've received this order because of the path I took after those Olympics, where I stood up for the right of athletes to have a level playing field, and went all the way to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, Switzerland, to prove that judges were cheating and predetermined results.”
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That was why you were suspended, wasn't it, Jean, cheating and predetermined results?
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She was initially cited for national bias by the International Skating Union, but after she produced a taped phone solicitation from a Ukrainian judge the Court of Arbitration for Sport overturned the citation and suspended the implicated judges.
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She was one of the implicated judges whom the CAS suspended!

:wall:

I'd give her a 10.00 for chutzpah, though. :judge:
 
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