Over the last two weeks, the scores for Korean skaters were so so obviously deflated and in Young You's case done so to prevent her from earning at least silver that the judges have lost all credibility for me but this has been going on for so long that reparations for years of lowballing are the only thing that makes any sense in making amends for past judging transgressions. In my opinion, the greatest lowballing of all was done against Haein Lee but everyone including Yelim Kim was held down. I think viewers in my opinion have been left to decide for themselves what they like best including the elements they prefer to see, since the judges themselves do not follow their own stated criteria. Skaters from other federations have likewise been purposely lowballed which makes the disregard of the compromised judges evaluations even more resounding. 4CC's and nationals for me are the only competitions at the moment that have any possibility for legitimacy in relative placement or scoring.
