What??!!!! I was under the impression that julia performed because Porgo was injured or because of some other extenuating circumstance.
Didn't know it was out of someone's whimsical choice other than that of the skater.
There's not enough information here to know why. Who knows what's been going on behind the scenes. Maybe she was too sick the day before (she certainly looked it) and the organizers said she couldn't skate. Maybe there was some bad behavior and accusations going on behind the scenes from either she or her coach because she didn't skate well, and then it's: "I've been snubbed!" (Wild conjecture here) Nobody knows. I wouldn't be so quick to pass judgement on either her team or the organizers.