s opaque and controversial scoring system. When the scores had been tallied, the 23-year-old overwhelming favourite had to settle for a silver medal, losing out by 5.48 points to the unfancied Russia Adeline Sotnikova, who won her country's first women's Olympic figure skating gold. South Korean skating fans immediately cried foul play. "Queen Yuna," they said, had been denied the gold that was rightfully...
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The Bank of England will be compelled to tear up its “rosy” wage growth forecasts once again, according to two of the country’s most eminent labour market economists. ...