I feel terrible for both Han Yan and Hanyu because of the collision...but I don't believe Hanyu deserved the silver at all. He messed up BIG on both of his programs and stating that he was hugely overscored is an understatement. There should have been a much bigger difference between his score and Maxims. I mean for crying out loud, he fell down 5 times! :disapp:
The scoring was ludicrous. Neither skater should have been allowed on the ice (I have commented further on this in the other thread specifically for it). But beyond that, both of these skaters have gorgeous skating skills (though I actually think Yan's are better than Hanyu's), no question. However, their programs were obviously and severely affected by the injuries they sustained. It wasn't just the botched jumps, but the in-between stuff as well.
Then there's also the fact that I cringed throughout Hanyu's skate as he just kept falling over and over and over again. That has to be reflected somewhere, doesn't it, when the viewer is wincing through a skate?
Han Yan was appropriately deducted for the poor performance. Hanyu was not.
It is a disturbing precedent. Particularly when there were so many other very credible performances by skaters like Dornbush, Misha Ge and Nam Nyugen.
Edited because I forgot to add Kovtun — but I didn't mention him since he won anyway, so wasn't really impacted by the scoring debacle.