And I find it equallly as ridiculous that you don't see Joannie had two mistakes: she fell and she failed to do a combo. Someone mentioned it wasn't counted that Joannie missed a combo because she fell on the opening jump - if this is the case, well then I think it's just unfair. I don't know if Mao was penalized for singling the loop after the flip, but if she was, I also don't think that's fair because she still did complete a combo, even if it was only a 3-1. Or is it a requirement in the SP that one must do at least a 3-2? And if Mao was deducted for doubling the lutz, well, I didn't know the rules require a triple. I thought a skater was free to do a single or double as the solo jump in the SP if he/she insisted. IMO, the judges should then mark the jump as it is with the base value of either a single/double, instead of penalizing the skater for turning a triple into a double or single.
Actually, I thought Mao and Joannie were both overscored - I would have had them marked lower, with Mao slightly ahead.
And about Miki, Yu-Na and Mao being held up in PCS - I don't agree that Miki should be because her artistry is non-existent, but the other two certainly are deserving of having high PCS. Much more so than Joannie, IMO.
Blavo.
To me, it is a little bit difficult to compare her flip and loop with other skaters'. I think that what I meant by prerotation might be the strong pull/twist (in both jumps) and high kick (in 3F). She seems to twist the square a lot. When she takes off, she looks as if she were looking at a different direction than other skaters. The twisted square gives an impression that her jumps prerotate. But I do not know exactly what's happening around the blades in slow mo.
