Petrenko had mistakes but so did Wylie. He had little flaws on a lot of the jumps he did. I think that is why some judges could put him 5th. The Japanee and Italian judges had him third. You see a lot of the judges were working for their skaters. The Czech judge placed him fifth because of Barna and the Canadian judge was Wylie, Browning, Petrenko. The ex soviet judge was nicer than the Czech judge and placed Wylie 4th. I was prepared to see a great program but there were flaws all over. Much better performance in a free skate than Hamilton gave in 1984 but not as good as Boitano's in 88-which amazingly is still the abolute Gold Standard (no pun intended) of American Mens performances at an Olympics!!! When will America produce someone as good as Boitano?!?
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