That's not what judges saw.Well let's talk about it cause Akatieva had to me some pretty clear underrotations, the 3A-3t for me the 3a was under and even in the free some of the triple jumps were under, and yet not only they didn't call, but GOE were also on par with Zhilina which is not fair considering Veronika jumps better, not only for the full rotation, but the height, the landing positions, the speed.
As much as they gave 2 points clear on PCS higher on Akatieva (which yes she was better artistically, although i'd argue not that much better), i feel like Zhilina should have a clear edge on the GOE for the jumps.
It's nothing new to be completely frank, i recall stating here even post Junior Nationals that Akatieva's technique has problems, and russian judges aren't calling anything and instead are giving huge GOE for those quad toes often landed forward, kinda like Tursynbaeva's Quad toe at Worlds which was a -1 but because it's a quad, inflation happened.
Overall Akatieva deserved to win clearly because Zhilina's mistake in the short, in the free i think Zhilina was better so at least that segment should have been hers in my opinion.
And i don't see how this support the "now that she left, Zhilina's scores are dropping".
