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Russian skating gold ridiculous

I was sitting on a dirty couch at a Carnegie Mellon fraternity house, watching the Olympics… I was sitting on a dirty couch at a Carnegie Mellon fraternity house, watching the Olympics and crying. Although this outpouring of emotion is not rare for me, my tears were not tears of joy, but tears of sadness.

On Monday night, the Russian and Canadian figure skating pairs faced off for the gold medal and instead of being a night where the best pair won, it turned into a night filled with controversy and heartbreak.

Russians Anton Sikharulidze and Elena Berezhnaya skated first. Not really being familiar with either pair, I was rooting for everybody. So when Sikharulidze failed to land a jump, I felt bad for them because the gold was now out of reach. Or so I thought.

Canadian pair Jamie Sale and David Pelletier came on the ice next and skated a perfect performance. After they were done, everyone watching

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