What were Miki's sympathy points for exactly though? Becoming anorexic almost and still being with that goon Morozov professionaly and probably romantically? Beyond that I cant see where the sympathy would be unless I missed something. She wasnt injured or anything. I think it was more like reputation points than sympathy.
Miki was in a bad collision with another skater 3 days (I think) before the competition started and in the process her back was injured (there was a very noticeable bandage on her back that you could easily see in both the SP and the LP). When she finished her LP, she was practically limping off the ice in pain with a grimace on her face. She maintained her composure so well though! IMO Ando only beat Suzuki in the jump department. Everything else that Akiko did was better and had I been judging, I would have given her the win, but Akiko has never been a judges' favorite. I like them both though and I'm a fan of all 3 ladies who landed on the podium, so all is pretty good I think.