marbri
Hey, Kool-Aid!
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I will say one of the reasons I never got behind this team (her styling and skating aside, just an assault on the eyes) is that I saw them as a team that got advantages and opportunities because of who the mother was and not their own merit. And not just the scoring bump that came with skating Russian because everyone got that. But because of vague memories of other Russian ice dancers who were, at the time, higher ranked complaining about being passed over for assignments for D/S (and maybe one other team as well?). And the quick release from the RUS fed to skate elsewhere when all other Russian skaters are still waiting on the sidelines because of the war.
It's not JUST because of who her mother is but rather the unfair advantages and opportunities they were given because of who their mother/MIL is...
But I don't feel passionately about it, I just didn't rate them. I will admit I am curious to see how they present with the change but theirs is a story I am not invested in or endeared by in any way.
It's not JUST because of who her mother is but rather the unfair advantages and opportunities they were given because of who their mother/MIL is...
But I don't feel passionately about it, I just didn't rate them. I will admit I am curious to see how they present with the change but theirs is a story I am not invested in or endeared by in any way.
