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We won't see a japanese sweep, and Akikko will get bumped off the podium. Mirai is next in line for lamb duties.
For some judges, she might have seen as having lost the momentum. The GP series followed by 4th at Worlds. Her PCS can get low not because a lot of ppl don't like her music, but also because of the reputation. She has not had good competitive reputation.
i don't see johnny as a sacrificial lamb in the mens' event. I don't think his style of programs are suited to this cop judging system. Weir is a purist on the ice and his skating is very simplistically beautiful. Cop is not about purity and simplicity. It's about complexity and maximizing points with busy programs. Johnny's gold is the satisfaction of knowing he did his best at these olympics and knowing that there are many who appreciate him in this world.
I would think that Mirai is too much of a non-podium threat to be a sacrificial lamb, no? But maybe that's the whole thing; she COULD be an outside threat if she skated completely clean, but she won't be because of her downgrades.
Somehow when I think of "sacrificial lamb" I think of Mao Asada, but I could easily see Miki Ando get dumped in favor of Mao if her chances were good enough. I don't think there's any possible way that Joannie Rochette will be "sacrificed" for anyone; have you SEEN how the Canadians have been scored this Olympics?!?! If anything, I could see other skaters being sacrificed in favor of her, not vice versa.
I don't think Rochette has any hometown pressure now.
There is no way Rochett will be off the podium. Had you seen the men event?? P.Chan the dead eyes, managed to score 160+ with a fall on 3A and step out. If Rochett did the samething, she will still score 120+. Wheather deserve it or not is debateble.
We just have to see, with Rochett mom passing away, Ando, Asada, Kim under intense spot light, who know what will happen.
It mattered to Weir, Kozuka, Brezina, Oda etc.. that Patrick Chan with a faulty SP, a faulty LP placed ahead of them.Patrick didn't medal though, so it didn't really matter that his score was so high because Evan, Plush, and Lambiel got higher scores than him. Joannie might end up as low as 5th if Yuna, Miki, Mao, Carolina all go clean. I realistically think Joannie, clean or not, will finish between 2nd and 5th.
It mattered to Weir, Kozuka, Brezina, Oda etc.. that Patrick Chan with a faulty SP, a faulty LP placed ahead of them.
What do you mean it didn't matter?
Kozuka had a fall and a 2foot landing on his quad, Brezina had a fall, a pop, and singled the second jump in his planned 3-3 combination, Oda fell, lost points for randomly skating around when his lace broke, and got a 2 point deduction for fixing his lace. Johnny we agreed was the sacrificial lamb of the men's event and was underscored. Chan has good basic skating, spins, and transitions and that's likely why his score was so high. The scores for Johnny and Kozuka should have been higher but apart from that I thought the scoring was pretty fair.
You thought Chan scored a personal best was fair? Chan scored a ridiculous score in both SP and LP.
Brezina was clean in the SP, Kozuka was clean in the LP. 2foot landing on the quad is only -2GOE.
Johnny was the sacrifical lamb in mens and Tanith/Ben are likely going to be the lambs for ice dance. Right now, I would says the ladies lamb is likely going to be Mirai Nagasu.