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- Nov 8, 2007
I as well think Lepisto is a beutiful skater, though I don't like her as much as Sarah Meier, and i do Prefer Korpi and Poykio over her (though I recognize they were worse in this competition).
I (and others) are mad at the results because of many factors:
- me personally about the level 1 spiral in the short (which that alone cost K. the title)
- the silly mistake on the spin (which I'm blaming the skater, though I would like to check the WHOLE competition to see if anyone else has done the same mistake and it hasn't been counted)
- what I am most mad about is how deliberately Lepisto was held up in her scores, and apparently noone else cares (or maybe just a few) because the rest of the people here are just happy that finally Kostner hasn't won!
Short Program: I understand Kostner's short was not great, and as a matter of fact she was dinged pretty hard also on the pcs (all in the 6s, whole usually she gets only transitions in the 6..) still this program was very enjoyable and she sold it well. On the same day Lepisto was given higher pcs than usual, but whatever we're in finland, it' ok...
The real problem is in the long, where Carolina with a better than usual program, interpreted, with no hands down and things interrupting the flow she gets pcs comparable to usual.
On the other hand finnish girl Lepisto gets 5 points more of PCS than she usually gets I am not saying 2 or max 3...I am syaing 5!! points are a lot to be gained in just one competition, especially when your long hasn't been that great!
her jump content was:
triple toe DOUBLED toe
POPPED Lutz
triple loop double toe
triple Salchow (strong off balance) double toe
triple loop
two double Axels
Not even at american nationals they would have given 110 for a long with those jumps. not even to alyssa....
And the sad thing is that those generous points were given not before Carolina's program. Lepisto skated just after, and that 5 points pc boost was given to her to win.
Obviously noone complains now, since it's better to make champion a corrupt finn than a corrupt italin right? And don't say that those pcs are deserved, because even if they were how come were they 5 points (not one nor two) below during the GP were she had comparable outings?. I repeat, one thing is to speak about 2 points, but 5 points in one competition (not over time) is ridiculous and makes the finnish federation game so obvious.
It will be interesting to see if at worlds judges will now conform to the INCREDIBLE improvement in skating and artistic value of Lepisto which was seen in Helsinki or they will go back to their usual marks....
Another paradox: everyone complains that kostner never skates cleand, and that it is better to skate clean with less difficulty than doing more jumps with hands down.
Well, this is the competitions were she skated clean and did less difficulty, but still this reasoning applied only to another skater
