Well I remember watching this & wondering how Surya took any 1st place ordinals (other than the French judge who gave her 5.9/5.9). IMO Surya's program was a mess:
Surya:
2A
3T/3Sal/2T sequence (the 2T was a little sloppy but the seq was nice)
3Z- twofooted?
3R-hand down
2A
3F (cheated)/3Sal-so cheated she landed it forward
3Z/2T
Yuka:
3Z
3F-wide swinging leg
3R/2T
2T
2A/3S sequence
3R
3S
Tanja:
3R-huge
3Z-twofoot?
3T
3R/2T
3S
3T(2ft?)/2T
2A
So they all had 6 triples (I am counting 2ft & hand downs), Yuka & Surya both had 7 planned. Yuka & Tanja had much better programs than Surya & even though they both had mistakes, they didn't give a sloppy impression. Surya skated from jump to jump & had very few clean triples. I would not have been surprised if Tanja had been in 2nd....I thought silver was a consolation prize for 1993...but IMO gold for Surya was totally out of the question.
Surya:
2A
3T/3Sal/2T sequence (the 2T was a little sloppy but the seq was nice)
3Z- twofooted?
3R-hand down
2A
3F (cheated)/3Sal-so cheated she landed it forward
3Z/2T
Yuka:
3Z
3F-wide swinging leg
3R/2T
2T
2A/3S sequence
3R
3S
Tanja:
3R-huge
3Z-twofoot?
3T
3R/2T
3S
3T(2ft?)/2T
2A
So they all had 6 triples (I am counting 2ft & hand downs), Yuka & Surya both had 7 planned. Yuka & Tanja had much better programs than Surya & even though they both had mistakes, they didn't give a sloppy impression. Surya skated from jump to jump & had very few clean triples. I would not have been surprised if Tanja had been in 2nd....I thought silver was a consolation prize for 1993...but IMO gold for Surya was totally out of the question.