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I don't think that was the case with the Swedish commentators, at any rate. Even after the scores came up they would say things like "I suppose that this means X go that jump ratified" or "that probably means Y got a downgrade on such-and-such".
This is not how I perceived it. IMHO, though I remember Filip Stiller as a factual and fair commentator back when tv4 sometimes broadcasted skating, his commentating on these Olympics was a mixed bag of Russian pro-bias and severe word diarheea to the extent that any informative content he might have contributed with took a hit. Honestly at times I wondered whether he was paid per word. Why bother explaining troublesome issues like protocols in-depth when you can just ramble.on.all.the.time.at.full.speed?
Among other things, to take the aftermath of Mao Asada's and Yuna Kim' freeskates as examples, they mentioned that Mao got the triple axel ratified as well as Yuna her second Lutz, which means they did have the access to protocols that they wanted. That Soviet-republic born Stiller was more interested in screaming about how amazing it was for Russia to win a first ladies' gold medal is another issue...