diver chick said:I have to say that I am losing all interest in watching competition skating these days. The new system has the potential to be a very good system but the in my opinion the judges just seem to be refusing to use it properly. There is no doubt in my mind that Plushenko deserved to win the gold and that Lambiel deserved to win the silver but the margin between the two is ridiculous
Considering that Lambiel did not have a faultless freeskate, I think the margin between Plushenko and Lambiel was right. After all, Lambiel was only 3rd in short programme, and that difference must not be forgotten from the final result.
http://www.isufs.org/results/ec2006/
SP scores
Plushenko 82,80
Joubert 77,85
Lambiel 74,73
The LP scores
Plushenko 162,53
Lambiel 154,14
Joubert 145,10
Final result
Plushenko 245,33
Lambiel 228,87
Joubert 222,95
Between Plushenko/Lambiel the latter was because of the short programme performance 8,07 points behind, which increased because of his freeskate mistakes by 8,4 points = total 16,46 points behind.
To be able to compete successfully against Plushenko, Lambiel must perform clean performances both in short programme and freeskate. And also read the detailed classification to get it, what he needs to upgrade to be competitive against Plushenko.
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