How was Adelina's SP scored before Sochi? I mean her highest SP before Sochi?
Mmm, I may not be correct, but I think it was 70.73 in 2014 European championships.
How was Adelina's SP scored before Sochi? I mean her highest SP before Sochi?
Mmm, I may not be correct, but I think it was 70.73 in 2014 European championships.
Hmmm.....was that her highest pcs?
and 2 months after the Euros, she skated better...so 74 points is not outrageous. And everything can change, from one day to another (Mao for exemple)
Yuna is good in everything, Carolina had the best choreography, but fighted with a few of her jumps.Yeah 5 point difference in each competition is not that outrageous right?-she received about 60 in COC, 64 in Eric Bompard, 69 in European, 74 in Sochi. Whole 14 points up in one season. Let's look at Carolina who had similar route. About 65 in COC, 68 in Rostelecom cup, 71 in European, 73 in sochi. And do you honestly believe Adelina deserved higher pcs in sochi than Caro, with almost all of them over 9 except transition which was 8.96? Better skating skills, better transitions, and better choreography?
Yeah 5 point difference in each competition is not that outrageous right?-she received about 60 in COC, 64 in Eric Bompard, 69 in European, 74 in Sochi. Whole 14 points up in one season. Let's look at Carolina who had similar route. About 65 in COC, 68 in Rostelecom cup, 71 in European, 73 in sochi. And do you honestly believe Adelina deserved higher pcs in sochi than Caro, with almost all of them over 9 except transition which was 8.96? Better skating skills, better transitions, and better choreography?
Yuna is good in everything, Carolina had the best choreography, but fighted with a few of her jumps.
A difference of 14 points within 4 months is not a scandalous improvement.
If you compare to Hanyu: he was second behind Chan at SC and TEB... at skate Canada, Hanyu obtained 234.80, at TEB he obtained 263.59, and in Sochi he obtained 280.09...
and a silver medal for a semi-retired skater is unexpected
Look...I'm not saying that Adelina's PCS in Sochi were correct (let's face it, it's undeniable they were inflated) but 14 points of PCS difference in one season, especially an Olympic season, is nothing new or special. You can't compare scores across different judging panels--scores tend to go up throughout the season for the same program, especially when it's a big event like the Olympics. Here is Yu-Na's PCS for her Gershwin LP during the 2009-2010 season:
2009 Skate America: 61.52
2009 Trophee Eric Bompard: 66.40
2009 GPF: 61.52
2010 Olympics: 71.76
= basically a whole 10 points up in one season.
Or for an example this season, let's look at Yuzuru Hanyu's LP PCS:
2013 Skate Canada: 76.86
2013 TEB: 81.94
2013 GPF: 92.38
2014 Olympics: 90.98
2014 Worlds: 91.42
= so basically Hanyu's PCS had an approximately 15 point spread over the course of one season for the same program. Note the impressive 11-point jump between TEB and the GPF.....now, that is something interesting.
I think Hanyu often gets high PCS in GPF, maybe because he often peaks at that time. Note that Hanyu got 85.16 PCS in the last season GPF. From GPF 2012 (85.16) to GPF 2013 (92.38) = 7.11 point different in a year.so basically Hanyu's PCS had an approximately 15 point spread over the course of one season for the same program. Note the impressive 11-point jump between TEB and the GPF.....now, that is something interesting.
Adelina's pcs boost was still 4 points higher than them, can't say that's little as it can make difference to the results.
And IMO it's more appropriate to compare with other skaters from this quad. I was using Mao and Joannie's pcs because they were Yuna's rivals at that time, and I wanted to explain how 'all' of them got up not just Yuna.
So anyway are you suggesting that Adelina deserved higher pcs than Mao and Caro in Sochi? I thought that was the main argument here.