<blockquote>"With any judged sport, there's some level of subjectivity," says Lindsey Green, an Olympic sports writer whose work has appeared in <em>New York </em>magazine and Deadspin. "The issue with figure skating is the judge/athlete environment and relationship is completely uncontrolled and chaotic... There is no other sport where the judge holds so much power outside of the arena, and the relationship with the athletes and coaches can seemingly affect the overall outcome of the competition. Figure skating judges offer input on costumes, personal life, hair and makeup, music choice. With so much interaction, impartiality becomes increasingly challenging."</blockquote>
via <a href="http://mag.newsweek.com/2014/01/31/olympics-soch-skating-sexuality.html?utm_source=nextdraft&amp;utm_medium=email">The Frozen Closet - Newsweek</a>.