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Announcements and Introductions => Media Center => Topic started by: AgnesNitt on November 14, 2015, 09:02:19 AM
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I found it posted on ISU main page.Given the terrible events in Paris, I don't see any other decision can be made. Apparently the short programs are over, since I found scores for that.
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According to NBC Sports, they're going to propose using the rankings for the short program alone for the Grand Prix rankings. http://olympics.nbcsports.com/2015/11/14/trophee-bompard-canceled-figure-skating-france/
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I had hoped they would cancel it - originally, they had planned to continue the competition because of the 5-hr distance from Paris. (The event is in Bordeaux, France.) To me, if the country is under a state of emergency and the borders are closed, the competition's over. You can't expect people to attend given the fact that the attacks took place at public venues.
Maybe something got lost in translation, but saying the organizations were "devastated" to cancel the events was overdramatic, imo. Perhaps they meant to say they were devastated that the killings occurred and it just didn't come across correctly in English.
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The ISU / French Fed wanted the competition to continue, and skaters were allegedly on the ice for practice until French authorities determined that event should be canceled.
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The ISU / French Fed wanted the competition to continue, and skaters were allegedly on the ice for practice until French authorities determined that event should be canceled.
I'm glad they cancelled. Not just because it's the respectful thing to do, but I think their would be genuine safety concerns.