I've not noticed much taping with the men either to be honest, but then again most male skaters wear long trousers so the tape could just be hidden in a lot of cases. With the women's costumes, it's usually much less easy to hide.
I'm thinking about this now and just one women who had laces problem comes to mind. And quite a few men (dancers, singles, pair skaters, whatever). Although maybe it's a coincidence.
Well, as I've said, skaters are divided on those who tape and those who's not yet. It's not just laces, sometimes laces hooks break also (not sure how it's called in English). Can you skate without it? Of course you can, some do their entire career, but the risk of a failure in a competition is yours.
Today's is Kozlovski's birthday by the way. Galliamov wished him a happy birthday on his social media.Will Yulia stay on her feet?
Mishina vs Boikova and Galliamov vs Kozlovski. It doesn't get better than this in pair skating. The ego is
Men are heavier and generate way more force, due to speed, jumping height... basically everything. It makes sense.
I guess it's so a skater doesn't pretend to have an issue so they can regroup after a bad element I guess? I'm not super sure if that would actually have any benefit since you'd stop skating and start cooling down, but maybe that's why?
Happy birthday, Dima K!
It's in the rule book. Interruption of a program from 10 to 20s is a -1 deduction, 20 to 30 is -2, 30 to 40s is -3, above 40 is -4, and if you're using a 3min break to fix your equipment it's -5.
Poor Junwhan has/had to do it all the time, he breaks down skates at a ridiculous rate!
People aren't questioning how the rule is applied, they are questioning why the rule even exists in the first place.
If you mean Sota, he has new boots now, and I can't see any tape
ACI was scary to watch though, he had like a roll of tape around both ankles. 
I think the likelihood of that helping after a failed jump with no restart is too low for it to be an efficient rule. 99% of the time its just going to ruin a skate over luck.
