The Fall of Rika Kihira || How Hamada, the ISU, and Eteri Destroyed her Potential
I tweeted that I could write an essay on how the ISU and the overscoring of Russian female skaters lead to Rika Kihira's career trajectory. Well, I shouldn't make promises I can't keep, so here is my "essay". No hate is intended to any of the skaters in this. None of this is the skaters' faults. All blame is placed on the ISU, Mie Hamada, and Eteri Tutberidze. Rika's 2017 Nationals Short Program: • 紀平梨花 全日本フィギュア2017 SP Rika Kihira Japan Na... Guardian article: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/202... Rika's 4S Plan: https://www.olympics.com/en/news/rika... Rika lands a 4S: https://www.olympics.com/en/news/japa... Beijing implications article: https://www.olympics.com/en/news/figu... World number 3 withdraws: https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14... Medvedeva injury: https://www.upi.com/Sports_News/2017/... 2024 GP withdrawal: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/... Milan withdrawal: https://fs-gossips.com/14300/ Kostornaia withdrawal: https://fs-gossips.com/7559/ My carrd: https://blueflamesao3.carrd.co/
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