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It's the judges at fault, not plushenko
I think just about everyone has started their comments by agreeing with the placement, so there's no argument that Plush won. I don't know that the other skaters you had mentioned were so obviously overmarked. It does seem really, really, really out there that he should have such incredibly high scores for a workmanlike performance. It was the best of the night, but hardly his best or a standout performance deserving of the scores. For me, that's what's so incredibly disappointing- there was no need to go overboard. Just judge it with some degree of objectivity and he wins. The scores indicate that there isn't any objectivity, or any attempt to do so. The criticism should (and mostly is, I think) be directed at the judges, who have failed again. Mixed in is some disappointment, which I think can be applied to just about every skater, that Plushenko didn't skate to his potential.
I really think the solution is to have professional, paid judges under ISU (or better yet, an independent international figure skating body) control, without secrets. Cut the federations out of the picture. And limit judges to ex-skaters.
Vash01 said:...but the comments I am reading here are giving me the impression that Plushenko skated horribly. ...However, I feel that Plushenko is being criticized way too much. ...They all deserved their wins, just like Plushenko deserved his. Yet I don't recall the skaters I mentioned being subjected to this kind of criticism. Plushenko was obviously under tremendous pressure and wanted to make sure that he would skate clean. It was not his best performance but there can be no two opinions about his win.
Vash
I think just about everyone has started their comments by agreeing with the placement, so there's no argument that Plush won. I don't know that the other skaters you had mentioned were so obviously overmarked. It does seem really, really, really out there that he should have such incredibly high scores for a workmanlike performance. It was the best of the night, but hardly his best or a standout performance deserving of the scores. For me, that's what's so incredibly disappointing- there was no need to go overboard. Just judge it with some degree of objectivity and he wins. The scores indicate that there isn't any objectivity, or any attempt to do so. The criticism should (and mostly is, I think) be directed at the judges, who have failed again. Mixed in is some disappointment, which I think can be applied to just about every skater, that Plushenko didn't skate to his potential.
I really think the solution is to have professional, paid judges under ISU (or better yet, an independent international figure skating body) control, without secrets. Cut the federations out of the picture. And limit judges to ex-skaters.