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You make it sound like some evil conspiracy against poor Abbott.
You mentioned artistry and musicality but there's still so many other equally important aspects to consider, and not just the required elements (which is required), but the rest of the PCs, too. Abbot still has to do spins, footwork and jumps, there's no getting around the fact that figure skating is still a sport and athleticism is still needed (no matter how much we would like/or not like to change it, it's the reality) and if he can't measure up jump-wise to the other top skaters then why should he win, only based on his "superior" artistry, over skaters that beat him on many of the other equally important points (required elements, other parts of the PCs)? And even if Abbott skates absolutely clean, there are still other top skaters with greater, better or equally good elements and program components (on some/or many of the PCs at least), so of course, he'd still have to "measure" up to the rest, if they also skate absolutely clean. Otherwise, let's just give Abbott the medals right now, because regardless of what he and the others bring to the ice, Abbott is still "superior" in every possible way -- it'll be like the Oscars -- "and the gold medal goes to Abbott, the inner artist, for showing up!". There are other great skaters, too. Let me also point out that what we saw at SC was two "almost" flawless skates and Takahashi without a quad still managed to get the higher scores (TES and PCS) and win the free program even though Abbott won overall -- so the judges do pay attention to "other" aspects of skating beside the quad (or he would've had the automatic quad bonus that everone talks about), don't ya think? I think Takahashi deserved the win in the free program and Abbot deserved the overall win, so the scores and placements were fair, imo, but I'm biased so what do I know.
Nice points and I only disagree because I did not say Jeremy will win or should win. I said I don't think he gets enough consideration for aspects of his skating when compared to Plushy and then i did mention Joubert.
Taka was never part of the equation so throwing him now changes the discussion.
Takahashi is a skater I like alot and thought he skated well at SC.
If he had been placed first it might not have bothered me at all because he is a very completet skater imo.