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I think there are similarities to Tara vs. Michelle, with the added element of suspect judging. Someone could nitpick Tara's program to find flaws in her technical elements (there are some) and say that the scoring was incorrect, just like they are saying with Adelina's scoring. I think Adelina did skate with more passion and energy than Yuna, just like the accepted wisdom on Tara vs. Michelle. Others may see it differently, of course. But even before the Olympics, I thought Yuna's long program was kind of blah. And others did, too. Look back at the threads on Korean Nationals and Golden Spin. The difference between 2010 and 2014 is that the field had gotten stronger technically. More ladies were doing the difficult jumps. In fact, the field had gotten stronger since 2013 Worlds, with Julia Lipnitskaya, the new and improved Gracie Gold and Adelina, who had done well on the Grand Prix circuit. Yuna chose to stay in place. And one can see why--she had run away with the gold medal at Worlds. But the Olympic gold often goes to those who take risks. Not only Tara, but Sarah Hughes, too. With the biased judging, Yuna probably couldn't have won even if she had revived her triple loop (or otherwise upped her technical content) and picked more stirring music. But she would have made it a closer competition and harder for the judges to deny her the gold.
That was a very thoughtful post. You will probably be crucified here for saying that though.