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I am an absolutely huge fan of Mao Asada (as my username implies), but the score she received in today's Free Skate at the NHK Trophy was ridiculous. In terms of the Free Skate scores, I would have placed her performance behind that of Akiko, Mirai, and Zijun Li. This follows on from the questionable marks received by Kaetlyn Osmond in the Free Skate at Skate Canada, and other controversial scores that have been awarded during this seasons Grand Prix. And then there was controversy of the Men's competition at the 2012 World Championships.
The Judges seem to be all over the place with PCS marks, with some skaters getting very inflated PCS despite multiple falls and popped jumps, whilst others are undermarked in PCS despite skating clean. There really does need to be some relationship between technical cleanliness and PCS. Where somebody is messing up their jumps, their spins, etc, then it obviously completely detracts from the overall appeal/quality of the program, and this should be reflected in the PCS marks. Hence, its the PCS marks which are causing the problem and which need to be addressed. Under the 6.0 system, a fall was a disaster, but no longer under COP/IJS. Falls, therefore, are not being properly punished
It pains me to say it, but Mao's program today was a complete mess and no way did it deserve a score anywhere near 117.32. She is regressing technically - going backwards, rather than forwards. If she can't turn this situation around soon, then I think she should retire. I fear, however, that her best days are behind her.
Accordingly, is the standard of Judging deteriorating?
The Judges seem to be all over the place with PCS marks, with some skaters getting very inflated PCS despite multiple falls and popped jumps, whilst others are undermarked in PCS despite skating clean. There really does need to be some relationship between technical cleanliness and PCS. Where somebody is messing up their jumps, their spins, etc, then it obviously completely detracts from the overall appeal/quality of the program, and this should be reflected in the PCS marks. Hence, its the PCS marks which are causing the problem and which need to be addressed. Under the 6.0 system, a fall was a disaster, but no longer under COP/IJS. Falls, therefore, are not being properly punished
It pains me to say it, but Mao's program today was a complete mess and no way did it deserve a score anywhere near 117.32. She is regressing technically - going backwards, rather than forwards. If she can't turn this situation around soon, then I think she should retire. I fear, however, that her best days are behind her.
Accordingly, is the standard of Judging deteriorating?
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