I still can't believe it,
The judges had 3 World champions from the last quad, All fresh off the Worlds podium, Fan favourites, Veterans, One is current GPF champion, One is current Olympic champion
All skating lights out(!) in the Free skate,
And they choose to reward the night to the Russian champion, No credentials, Who was neglected at the team event, Who was there to pick up the pieces after Lipnitskaya's fall in the SP, Who isn't famous for major PCS scores like the others,
She competed great, She was clean, She was Russian, The crowd responded only to her (And to Mao a little, But she wasn't a threat at that point) and that was enough to have her feed dust to all of the legends by approx. 6 points(!) ...
Because she had a couple of level 4's opposed to the others level 3s ?!?!?!?!?
That's a point, Maybe a point and a half....
I'd challenge any judge to go through the programs now and show me her levels.
Seriously with the way Kim and Carolina skated Adelina should not have had a chance. That's nothing against her. But figure skating is a sport when one or multiple of the most dynamic/talented skaters deliver an A grade competition, a huge ratio of the competition has no chance of gold because they simply don't have enough gas in the tank. That's how this should have gone. Adelina gets bronze which is great for her. Kim and Carolina easy 1 and 2