I see your point now. If Andrei bombed his skates, it’s because he started to do quads, if Artur skates not well at times due to that reason, he is unstable. Makes sense.
And if we continue to compare apple and pears: when Andrei won his first JGP at age 15 his overall points were lower than Artur’s points in both JGP at age 15, as was his overall sum in points (1st + 6th vs. two 2nd place finishes). He also lost to Artur at Russian-Chinese Youth Games 2018 (and didn’t skate well there). But it’s again comparing apple with pears, when one skater already does quads and one does not. I see where last season’s instability came from in Andrei’s case. And unlike you I give the same benefit to Artur.
Then you might address rather Samsonov than Artur, cause it’s obviously Samsonov of whom RF wants to make the next big thing. Look at his PCS scores with two big mistakes at his short in Riga. You won’t get such scores at your first JGP ever with two mistakes unless you have heavy support from your own fed. But looks like you are not frustrated here, as like you mentioned, you prefer Samsonov, so if he is overscored due to political games - nevermind.
Alexei Erohov for example would have been allowed to go to JW 2019 based on the result of RJN if he was not injured. He didn’t compete in any Junior events before that season, so what are you talking about?
It’s not Artur’s fault that some boys skated better in JGP in season 2018/19, but then bombed (worse than him) at the decisive RJN so he placed ahead of them. Both times he went to JW he qualified for that based on his better placements at RJN.
But yes, let’s talk about overscoring: Artur got all level 4 on his steps and spins in Tchelyabinsk. He also has good skating skills and flows, transitions, the same tech content, musicality, still he got less than 1,57 points more in PCS than Danil for a program with flaws that effected the overall performance while Artur was visibly on fire in Russia. So yes, Danil was overscored.
Speedy recovery!
