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- Dec 30, 2010
After looking at the protocol, I do believe Chan deserve to win. Both Chan and Ten doubled a jump, for Chan it was lutz, and Ten the flip. Chan had about 3 points higher base value even with the under-rotated 3A and 2Lutz. Combine that with the 7 points lead in SP, Chan had a cushion of 10 points over Ten. From GOE and mandatory deduction for falls, it cost him about 3.6 for the lutz, 4 for the 3A and a bit over 1 for the three jump combo, that's a total of over 8.6 point, less than the cushion he had. In addition, his 4T and 4T-3T gave him huge GOE because of the quality, so he won from the lead of SP, the the higher BV as well as the elements he did well. Ten did get higher performance/execution marks in the PCS. In fact I'm a bit surprised about the high PCS Ten got. Don't get me wrong, I'm thrilled for Ten. I was there and I cheered for him loudly. But Chan had better and more complex program and better skating skills. Chan simply skated bigger than anybody else even with the falls (from which he recovered very quickly). It's not a good way to win but under the current system he did deserve the win.