It's up now at http://www.torino2006.org/ENG/IDF/FS/C51A1_FSX020200.html
You're doing fine, DG. My problem with the random(?) draw is that much of the heavy weights will all be in the last two groups. Since I am known for being one who questions judging, I also think judges are human and are sometimes swayed by outside influences-not necessarily skating related. The NJS does indeed allow for correct judging in whatever order-of-skate but that's in theory. From my past experience with skating groups, if one is in the lowest rated group it is very difficult to get scores higher than the prevalent scores for that group despite a great skate.Doggygirl said:I'm not convinced that an early draw is necessarily a bad draw. I'm sure to a great degree, that depends on the skater / team. I would imagine there are some skaters / teams who might prefer setting the early pace, probably others who like to know more about what the competition has done before they take the ice, and probably the very best competitors (mentally that is) can deal with whatever draw they get just fine.
I would hope that under NJS it's even more irrelevant than 6.0, since the need to "save room for later skaters" at least in theory, goes away.
Or...maybe my suspicions on this are complete hogwash!! DG