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- Jul 26, 2003
I agree. I think that Arakawa's basic skating skills have been wonderful for a long time, although she's refined them over the years. and that she was woefully undermarked for them during this GP season, particularly on skating skills.mzheng said:BTW, I always liked Arakawa's skating, felt she was underscored since last season. Moreso at the beginning of this season. Honestly I don't see her dramatically improved on her presentation after she switched to TT like many ppl claimed. Her presentation has always been good in my book, artistry just a matter of different taste, expression hasn't change a lot still a typical Japanese Lady look, speed and ice coverage has always been there. IMO, switch to TT is what helped her improving presentation mark, it is like she collected her due and pluss some interest on the due.
I think that in general, the Program Components scoring was abysmal all year. There were maybe a handful of judges all year who seemed as if they actually were scoring according to the written standards. That's why I think looking for out of line scoring is dangerous; I think every judge should be required to justify his/her scores against the written code, not against the other judges' scores.