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I think we can agree, though, that Polina's PCS at Nationals were absurd. In no Olympic universe would or should she receive close to 30 SP/62 FS ... heck, those are close to Gracie's INTERNATIONAL bests. At the VERY least, even without a triple-triple in the free skate, Mirai should have been marked higher in PCS and higher overall -- she skates with womanly maturity and musicality and elegance, whereas Polina still skates very much like a junior. Even Julia Lipnitskaia would best her in PCS.
I'm never eager to jump on the conspiracy bandwagon, but it seemed to me that the Nationals judges were being very generous to Polina (even adjusting for Nationals inflation) while holding Mirai down. Your guess as to why is as good as mine.
BOTH programs have room for criticism. Polina had nerves of steel, had ALL the elements but still looked junior-ish. Mirai had the major elements but they were like islands unto themselves. I had said in earlier posts that she could have had smoke breaks between those elements; it looked like she was substituting transitions for pauses, they were that long. And wasn't I pleasantly surprised to hear David Lease mention smoke breaks as well; that tells me I wasn't the only one to notice that MAJOR deficiency in her program. In other words I am not going to agree with you. If Polina's PCS were absurd then so were Mirai's; in other words it's a wash, and my point of contention stands.