Forum - View topicNEWS: Doraemon at World Figure Skating Championships
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Joe Mello
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Well, that's a pretty nice accomplishment. Hats off to you, miss.
Now, let's read this headline again.
Now, let's all take our overactive imaginations and see what we can come up with.  Mascot Triple Salchows!
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GATSU
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What the hell does that have to do with ability or qualifications? Oh, and photos posted here.[/url] |
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AuraShadow
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Yeah I saw it on TV (LOVES ice skating but isn't very good at it
 ) I thought it was very cute and went awwww lol You know you're in Japan when the winner received a Dorarmon plushie.
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minakichan
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As cute and interesting as that may be...
Slow news day, ANN? |
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Tempest
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Nah, she didn't know she was the winner yet when she was holding the Doraemon.
Yes. Dead Week. -t |
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aegeus
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The fact checking on this article could be a lot better.
What she particpated in last week were the Japanese National Championships, were she won second place. Where she was most likely televised with the Doraemon was the ISU Grand Prix Final two weeks ago (which she won). This is not the World Championships, it is the final event in a series called the Grand Prix, and does not determine a world champion (a lot of major competitors don't bother with the Grand Prix, especially in Olympic years where time would be better spent training). The actual World Championships will be held after the Olympics, in March. However, Mao is the current World Junior Champion, which she won at the 2005 World Junior Championships, held in February and March of last year. She has not competed in the senior-level World Championships, and won't be able until 2007 because the Championships are governed by the same age rules that the Olympics are. Her official competitive record: http://www.maomaiasada.com/competition.htm |
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DragonsRevenge
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Ok, since that was already covered. Umm... how bout those packers? |
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Tempest
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Ouch. Believe it or not, despite the mistakes, a lot of fact checking did go into this article. It's surprisingly hard to find information online about figure skating events. And what information I was able to find assumes that the readers is already familiar with the world of figure skating and the various championships. I found many news articles about her win at the ISU Final and her second place at the Japanese championships, but none included dates. I did look at her website though, don't know why I didn't notice the dates were reversed there. I have to admit that, in my haste to post the article, I missed a few things that I should not have. Anyways, to re-cap, it appears that I made two mistakes in the article, first off, the event in question was "two weeks ago" and secondly it was the "ISU Grand Prix Final," not the world championship. anything else ? |
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The Frankman
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Yeah. What is actually newsworthy is the fact she won the event. Is the fact that she had a big plushie doll really that big? I mean, if Trevor Hoffman or Mariano Rivera ran out of the bullpen with the music from Gravitation blaring instead of their usual AC/DC "Hell's Bells" or "Mr. Sandman" and knew nothing of Japanese anime, would you report that? I find that a little strange, but then again that may be just me here.
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