I don't know anyone who questions that Slutskaya shoudn't have won the LP and title in Moscow. The question is whether the scores in Moscow and particularly in Torino were inflated and disproportionate to the actual performance.
EXACTLY. I'm not even that familiar with the scoring system and I think Irina was held up more than she needed to be. But WHY? WHY, I ask? She won the **** thing, she didn't NEED to be held up! Couldn't the judges just think fair for ONCE? They knew Irina won already, so maybe they didn't care- they'd figure they could get away with it...
(BTW- there are those who think Irina shouldn't have won the SP, or was way overmarked in the SP. However with that FS performance she would have easily come back anyway.)