This is what's wrong with the system. PCS are nothing but a tool
I think that the judges actually don't care about the TES, too: just see the American/Russian girls PCS and compare them to their performances, they received really high PCS even with technical mistakes! So I think that we all agree that, since So-Youn and Hae-Jin were clean, sophisticated and elegant, when Lipnitslaya/Radionova/Miyahara made mistakes, at least Hae-Jin should have been ahead at least of Lipnitskaya in the PCS!Sure on TES but So-Youn has some of the best presentation in the field. Gorgeous carriage across the ice, good speed, lovely lines, expressive movements and nice choreography. Hae-Jin too. The judges base everything off of the TES...it's like they don't pay attention to the rest of the skating.
It amazes me how Yuna, coming from a country without a strong federation support at all, became a top skater. Unfortunately, judges don't have any problem underscoring other Korean ladies..
I see I called it correctly46.02 was enough to make it through to the men's LP. She'll be fine; actually, I suspect any lady with a score over 40 has a good shot at making it.
You're probably right!It's unfair but then again it wouldn't be figure skating if the scores weren't questionable or just flat out wrong.
But.. on the other hand, happy to see Cesario in 1st place
Seems like i read somewhere that her coach said Julia was struggling a bit with all the changes. I imagine he means her body is changing and she's growing.
Well Jasmin finished in 13th place. Wang or Miller would even with subpar skates have finished in the top 10.
I am happy to see the judges gave her the lead. Her program was nicely choreographed and maturely delivered. No her jumps weren't the hardest but it was a complete program and I'm happy to see her rewarded for it...at the same time it also pisses me off b/c I'm sitting here wondering why the girls from Korea weren't given the same treatment.
She looks physically heavier and a bit slower than she did a year ago - then again she was injured a few months ago with a concussion (and thus unable to compete in the JGP Finals in Sochi). I hope she can regain her sparkle and pizazz.
As others have noted, the Korean ladies suffered mainly due to their TES, not their PCS. The two skaters directly ahead of Kim both have lower PCS than she does, as do the two skaters who precede Park. Rika Hongo from Japan is in 7th and had lower PCS than both Kim and Park. Wuzrobbing is all good and well, but in this case the marks hardly support it. Their PCS is quite close to Anna Pogorilaya, and she's in second place. The difference is in the technical content; you usually can't UR jumps and stay near the top.I am happy to see the judges gave her the lead. Her program was nicely choreographed and maturely delivered. No her jumps weren't the hardest but it was a complete program and I'm happy to see her rewarded for it...at the same time it also pisses me off b/c I'm sitting here wondering why the girls from Korea weren't given the same treatment.
I'm whining, I know. I need to stop...but I really hate it when this happens b/c it's so unfair to the skaters AND it sends the wrong message to future skaters. Why bother working on your lines, refinement, musicality, musical connection or presentation? Why waste the time? Just go out there and jump and spin as fast as you can, never mind if it looks good or not, and you'll score well b/c the judges will boost your PCS to match your technical content even if you don't deserve it.
The JGP and Jr Worlds are to develop skaters for the future so why was Hannah Miller who had silver medals at all her competitions this season denied a spot on the team? Just for that she should have been on this team. Siraj skates well in one competition and she gets the spot instead. As usual the USFS is shortsighted taking into account only one event. That's not the way to develop young skaters as far as i'm concerned. Same thing with Wang. The team should have been Miller, Wang and Hicks.