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Yuna's so-called conservative skates included harder jumps in the SP and higher BV in the LP. Kostner's BV was lower across both programs, and her LP was watered down with some tight jumps (2A-3T instead of a 3-3, 3S-2T-2T instead of 3S-2T-2Lo). Had Kostner skated her planned Worlds content cleanly (though I feel ridiculous even mentioning such a possibility) she could've beaten Kim in Sochi. Internationally, clean Cohen could easily beat clean Kwan at any competition under CoP. Under 6.0, probably never.Cohen vs. Kostner... Who will be remembered for years to come? Well, Cohen in North America and Kostner in Europe. Maybe let Kostner's legacy sit for a while. Cohen has silver to Kostner's bronze, but Cohen didn't manage to win Worlds even once. I'll give Kostner a slight edge because of her long career and how she had the most success at the end of it. Really an inspiration for women to not retire the moment they stop being teenagers.
I'm not quite as floored by Kostner's presentation as some others, but what Pangtongfan said is true to a large degree: Kostner does have great skating skills, incredible footwork, and huge jumps (when they're landed). However, I don't think clean Kostner is really a threat to a clean Yuna. Yuna, even with a more conservative skate, beat Kostner. And clean Cohen could've won against clean Kwan at Nationals, imo. Not sure about internationally. The reason she never won is 'cause she was never clean.
I don't remember much of the former, and I remember the latter existed for maybe 2 actual competitions (with a flutz each time of course), with all the other attempts being woefully short. Compare to Kostner's 3F-3T and (early on) 3Lz-3T which although on and off were always spectacular when landed.I thought Sasha had a 3T+1Lo+3S and a 3Lz+3T at one point?