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Let's be real, if Michelle Kwan competed in this year's Worlds---even at her peak---she'd be lucky to make it in the top 5. Kwan is an icon. She had unique presence and form on the ice, but she wasn't an incredible technician, and in that respect the ISU's standards are higher than the 6.0 system's.
This hypothetical doesn't make sense because Kwan was never trained as a child/adolescent under IJS. Also the sport is meant to advance over time. Katarina Witt never would've won the 98 Olympics with what she put out in 88 or 84...Kristi's program in 92 or Oksana's in 94 never would've won in 98 either..we could go on..
1998 6.0 vs 1978 6.0 are still very different things so it's not just about the difference between IJS and 6.0, but also how the sport progresses in general. Overall, 6.0 valued seemingly clean programs and the "full package" while IJS values the quality of the specific elements and jumps