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Monthly Archives: February 2021
A matter of priorities
The World Championship of figure skating is scheduled in Sweden from March,22 to March, 28. Now Sweden is seriously affected by COVID-19. The situation is worsening. https://www.garda.com/crisis24/news-alerts/448296/sweden-authorities-to-tighten-domestic-covid-19-restrictions-from-march-1-update-15 The protocol done by ISU is insufficient in many respect. This is a … Continue reading
Figure skating and judges with the ISU Judging System
The ISU Judging System was created after the Pairs scandal in the 2002 Olympic Games, to prevent any other scandal. It’s better than the 6.0 system? Probably yes, with this system the skaters has started to take care of every … Continue reading
Again on the GOAT
I wrote about the GOAT in Men’s figure skating in Italian and in English. For what I’ve read on internet I fear, however, that someone hasn’t clear ideas, so I will add some other details. To win an Olympic medal … Continue reading
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Seiko Hashimoto
After Yoshiro Mori was forced to resignation from the lead of Tokyo’s Olympic Committee for his sexist words, his place was given to his pupil Seiko Hashimoto. For Hashimoto Mori should not have resign because he didn’t anything wrong, but … Continue reading
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Judges, fairness and the past
The most important thing for any competition is fairness. We all want to see good competitions, but if the competitors are good and the result is distorted by those who should monitor the fairness of the competition, this isn’t a … Continue reading
Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman: an hypothesis on a way in which can work
I wrote about Thinking, fast and slow by Daniel Kahneman here. It’s not a complete analysis of the book, is only the explanation of some passages from the first 160 pages, and their application to figure skating. The topic are … Continue reading
Daniel Kahneman: Pensieri lenti e veloci
This time I’ll write in Italian. But, before I start my comment of Daniel Kahneman Pensieri lenti e veloci, I have a request: buy Kahneman’s book. In English is titled Thinking, Fast and Slow, and it’s really worth reading. For … Continue reading
