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- Jul 27, 2003
With all due respect, IMO Sasha was very overmarked in the PCS for the performance. She was sloppy and her edges wobblier than usual. Her subpar edging was apparent in the spiral sequence, which couldn't even compare with the likes of Arakawa, Rochette, or Asada. Her spins were also quite slow. By chance I watched her LP once with the music off, and it was immediately obvious that she had absolutely no speed or mood variation throughout. The only interesting part of the program was the circular step sequence, but other than that it was very bland IMO. Her SS shouldn't even be anywhere near that of Arakawa, and should be lower than Maniachenko, and I really don't see that much interpretation. I think Mao not only beat her fair and square, but should also have PCS close to Cohen if not as high, because she has better skating skills, transitions, very comparable PE. The CH and IN aren't my cup of tea, but neither were Cohen's. I thought Arakawa and Rochette were undermarked in the competition, but what's new?Mathman said:More generally, on the whether Sasha wuz-robbed, Sasha did receive the highest PCS in both the short and the long programs. So if you think -- as I do -- that Sasha gave a very lovely performance, the judges agreed.
On the other hand, I don't think that Sasha deserved to be light-years ahead of the competition in PCS. Her many small technical errors -- as pointed out above, she got negative GOEs on five of her seven jumping passes -- really precludes the possibilty of giving her Irina-like numbers in Skating Skills, Transitions, Performance/Execution. And totters, two-foots and falls detract from the choreography and intepretation, too.
Again, I agree with the judges that Sasha gave the best performance, with respect to program components. BUT...