And regarding Lepisto from earlier...I don't think she deserved those scores at Skate Canada. She has great Skating Skills and she stays animated and energetic (performance/execution) but I don't find her program particularly interesting or engaging. She stands around posing like the first 20 seconds of the program.
Mirai has pretty much been screwed over this season. I would have put her 2nd at Cup of China and 3rd at Skate Canada.
The Finnish girls really got held up at those competitions, especially Korpii...2nd at Cup of China when she should have been 4th? Blah.
On a final note, please consider for yourself, do you prefer Miki/Kiira because she's Asian/white, because she's more/less attractive, because she speaks English better/worse, because her facial expressions are more familiar to you and therefore easier to find "expressive", or because you recognize her music choices? If so, do you want these factors to be more or less prominent in the judging?
It could happen the other way around, too. You might think that someone from a distant country and an unfamiliar culture was exotic and beautiful. You might think a dance team presenting an authentic folk dance from Outer Mongolia was incredibly cool. You might, whatever your race, cheer to see a black skater like Debi Thomas or Surya Bonaly breaking barriers. :yes:
if the say either of yks, kaks or kolm, I could understand it
hyvää yötä my dear Janetfan. But let me assure you, I had to look that up.