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I think there's home crowd scoring yes. Look at Asada at the GPF. I think that as long as Sotnikova was Russian, she was going to get huge scores, so I'm not sure how much it would change the overall results if Kim also got some inflation. Kim's scores are extremely high already how much more to inflate? So I think Russian Kim, Russian Kostner, Russian Sot, all would have inflated marks. The favored one doesn't always win at home-see Sarah Hughes.
For Sotnikova to have lost due to PCS, she would have had to have had the lowest PCS in the final group. Lower than Yu-lia's lower than Golds. In no way was this fair. Sotnikova won this on the technical mark. She "jumped" her way to that title.
No, she should have been scored much lower in PCS in both the SP and LP. She achieved personal bests in those segments when her programs shouldn't have stood up as well. Sotnikova may have won the TES (albeit by not much given her flutz and stumble) but she was gifted in PCS. Please explain how her PCS should be equal to Yuna and above Mao and Carolina.