dramagrrl
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at the post above regarding "propaganda" for V&M. The short documentary was aired on CBC close to the Olympics because a) there is always a lag between filming a program and when it actually airs on television, and b) CBC obviously wants to promote the Olympics for the sake of ratings, since they are the ones who will be broadcasting the Games in Canada. It is to their best interest to save all Olympic-related programming to as close to the actual Games as possible to get viewers hyped about watching the actual competitions, thereby increasing ratings for CBC.
As for the "ridiculous"/"hilarious" scores at Canadian Nationals, what would @maglia say about the scoring at U.S. Nationals in comparison? Hawayek/Baker scored 114.43 for a fourth-place FD at U.S. Nationals; in comparison, their winning FD at 4CC a few weeks later scored 105.21. Chock/Bates' all-time best international score in a FD is 113.31 and their FD at U.S. Nationals scored 118.99. Hubbell/Donohue also have an international PB FD of around 113 and scored over 118 at U.S. Nat'ls. Scoring at national championships, especially pre-Olympics, is always inflated. Saying that V&M's scores at Canadians were "Canadian propaganda" is completely ignoring this fact to make it seem like it was something out of the ordinary done just for them.
As for the "ridiculous"/"hilarious" scores at Canadian Nationals, what would @maglia say about the scoring at U.S. Nationals in comparison? Hawayek/Baker scored 114.43 for a fourth-place FD at U.S. Nationals; in comparison, their winning FD at 4CC a few weeks later scored 105.21. Chock/Bates' all-time best international score in a FD is 113.31 and their FD at U.S. Nationals scored 118.99. Hubbell/Donohue also have an international PB FD of around 113 and scored over 118 at U.S. Nat'ls. Scoring at national championships, especially pre-Olympics, is always inflated. Saying that V&M's scores at Canadians were "Canadian propaganda" is completely ignoring this fact to make it seem like it was something out of the ordinary done just for them.