What will the 2011/2012 season bring us in ladies?

[SkateFiguring]

You have to remember, under the old 6.0 system, you couldn't build up a "lead" in the short program. If you blew the competition out of the water in the short, then somebody narrowly, BARELY, edges you out in the long, you get a silver.

Not if that somebody has placed lower than 3rd in the Technical Program. Basically, top 3 from the TP are considered even and at an advantage to win the competition.

[PolymerBob]

Not if that somebody has placed lower than 3rd in the Technical Program. Basically, top 3 from the TP are considered even and at an advantage to win the competition.

Yes, but the point is, now you can build up a lead in the short. That way, you can come in 2nd or lower in the free and still win.

[SkateFiguring]

Yes, but the point is, now you can build up a lead in the short. That way, you can come in 2nd or lower in the free and still win.

That's true. Concersely, a skater can make up for a poor SP with a brilliant LP and win.

OTOH, the kind of lead by ranking after the Technical Program under the 6.0 was almost insurmountable. So in a way, the lead from the first program was much more important than under the current IJS.