Starting order for Senior Free Programs

[Rosaleen]

Skate Canada passed a new 'rule' for the draw for the Senior Free Programs (at the request of TV from what I've heard). Here's the way it will go:

Final Flight draw:

The top 3 skaters/teams after the short program or OD (combined results from CD/OD) will draw for the final 3 start positions and the rest of the final flight will draw for the rest of the positions.

Here's an example using the Ladies:

Joannie, Lesley & Mira were 1,2,3, therefore they drew for start #'s 16, 17, 18
Myriane, Cynthia & Meagan were 4,5,6, so they drew for start #'s 13,14,15

The rest draw within their group just like they used to

With the pairs, because there's only 4 in the final flight, the 4th placed team will skate 1st and the 1,2,3 teams draw for the last 3 start #'s

Is that as clear as mud????

 

[blue dog]

While this is good for the crowd (they have a chance to see the best performance close out the evening), it might, of course, encourage the judges to score higher later (even though COP shouldn't be like 6.0).

Now I wonder what competitions would've been like if they had this in place during 6.0.