Sports Illustrated predicts Pechalat Bourzat will win silver in Pyeongchang

[caseyedwards]

https://www.si.com/olympics/2018/02/02/2018-winter-olympics-figure-skating-preview

https://postimg.org/image/4c2y310qt/

 

[Japanfan]

Oh dear!

Someone may be in a bit of trouble.

 

[dinakt]

They still have not corrected it, ouch. Natalie for the win, why only Silver

 

[Willin]

Wait what? How does Sports Illustrated's "expert" confuse the two time world champs and reigning world silver medalists with a team that retired four years ago? Or maybe the expert only told the author "the French couple" would come in second and the author didn't do any research beyond a quick google for French Ice Dance teams? I'm so confused...

 

[Deleted member 40371]

They still have not corrected it, ouch. Natalie for the win, why only Silver

The author knew it was a french team, she just back to the 2014 team rather than the 2018 team.

 

[Debrah]

ROTFLOL!

 

[Ananas Astra]

Epic fail.

 

[SkateGuard]

Epic fail, yes... but pretty atypical of a lot of the articles from 'experts' doing Wikipedia level research that seem to pop up every four years.

 

[Rafter]

Speechless.

 

[Scrufflet]

https://www.si.com/olympics/2018/02/02/2018-winter-olympics-figure-skating-preview

Thank you for my first laugh of the day!

 

[chapis]

Maybe he's a fan of Nathalie and Fabian and just wanted them to have their moment of glory

 

[skatesindreams]

Epic fail, yes... but pretty atypical of a lot of the articles from 'experts' doing Wikipedia level research that seem to pop up every four years.

This empathizes the need for good reporting/real information about the sport.

 

[Yazmeen]

This emphasizes the need for not doing your own proofreading...

 

[mollymgr]

It shows how much people care about skating, especially ice dance.

 

[barbk]

Fact checking has gone the way of the dodo.

 

[kwanette]

It's corrected now.

 

[Bellanca]

Nathalie and Fabian must be thrilled!

Sports Illustrated And to think I was seconds away from linking their team event time schedule in the Oly teams cheer thread. Uh, not...

 

[skategal]

SI put the K in KWALITY...

 

[Bellanca]

It's corrected now.

Bummer! I had such high hopes!

 

[Rock2]

Fact checking has gone the way of the dodo.

......and editing budgets.
Back in the day I applied to a Masters Program in Journalism and was told the most egregious thing I could do in my application was to have a typo, spelling mistake or major grammatical error. I realized a week after I submitted my application that it did contain a typo. I was automatically out (in hindsight, good thing, but I digress....)

Fast forward a dozen years and we see major outlets posting content at will on the net with an email address to report errors in fact or grammar, spelling etc. There is no proofreading. Zero standards now.

 

[barbarafan]

Wait what? How does Sports Illustrated's "expert" confuse the two time world champs and reigning world silver medalists with a team that retired four years ago? Or maybe the expert only told the author "the French couple" would come in second and the author didn't do any research beyond a quick google for French Ice Dance teams? I'm so confused...

But the Sports Illustrated has it correct...It is the 2nd link that has it wrong.

 

[Vash01]

I pretty much agree with their predictions in all four disciplines. They are reasonable. I want P&C to win the gold in ice dance but V&M have a very good chance of winning it too.

 

[caseyedwards]

But the Sports Illustrated has it correct...It is the 2nd link that has it wrong.

The first link is the corrected version.

The second is screenshot of old wrong version!!

 

[barbarafan]

The first link is the corrected version.

The second is screenshot of old wrong version!!

Thanks...sorry

 

[watchthis!!]

Sports Illustrated predicts Pechalat Bourzat will win silver in Pyeongchang

I KNEW they were going to make a comeback. Shame they will lose the gold to Anissina and Peizerat. But we all knew that was going to happen.

 

[Twilight1]

I would be happy with all of those results.

Tessa & Scott 5 time Oly medalists has a very nice ring to it. 3 Gold, 2 Silver would be jaw dropping...

 

[Aussie Willy]

What about their prediction about Torvill & Dean for gold?

 

[Ohyes]

I would be happy with all of those results.

Tessa & Scott 5 time Oly medalists has a very nice ring to it. 3 Gold, 2 Silver would be jaw dropping...

The best outcome.

 

[Japanfan]

Tessa & Scott 5 time Oly medalists has a very nice ring to it. 3 Gold, 2 Silver would be jaw dropping...

I expect they will be disappointed if they earn silver in the individual event, just as P/C will. Scott especially is fiercely competitive.

 

[Foolhardy Ham Lint]

Dang, I was hoping it would be the dance team of Hersh & Brennan!