Where are you from? I watched the programs on NBC in the US and not one member of the broadcast team raised an issue with the outcome or the scoring
I agree. Quite the coincidence that the CBC broadcasters expressed their shock and disgust. So did the Brits, Italians, Germans, all of them. Curious that the U.S. commentators seemed to be bias in favor of the Russians, especially after the reports from Le'Equipe earlier in the games. Also interesting to note that one other skater besides the two Russians had suspect scores in the ladies individual event -- Gracie Gold.
1. Every judge. Every. Single. Judge. Scored Adelina > 70 on PCS. If you think she deserves 60's for PCS you are in disagreement with every judge on the panel.
First, the judges meet beforehand and discuss judging. If there was a "bloc" of judges trying to influence the results, their persuasion could have factored in, and other judges may have been timid to score very far outside of what most of the other judges would be likely to score. It's interesting that most independent experts viewed Yuna as the clearly more artistic and refined, polish skater (even if they were loathe to protest the placement) ... but the PCS scores were essentially the same. How can you not find that egregious and suspect?
Second, from a more statistic point of view ... let's look at deviations from the mean and mode scores for each skater. Where is Mathman? I haven't taken statistics classes in years. I'd have to really put in some effort to give a good mathematical breakdown, whereas he and some other posters could probably type something credible on a whim.
2. Like you, I haven't seen a clear video or image to indicate whether the edge was wrong on the take-off. However, it's wrong to assume it was, particularly when she was clearly on an outside edge before the take-off (her skate is leaning outward) but may or may not have rolled over. The < was close, like Yuna's SP 3-3 or her LP 2nd 3Lz.
I didn't assume anything, I clearly said most people seem to think the casual internet evidence is inconclusive on the edge call. Everyone seems convinced the 3T should have been downgraded, including me.
You conveniently did not address the issue with the Russian tech callers and Adelina's 16 of 19 statistic.
3. Only 4 of Julia's +3 were for jumps. She always gets a ton of those for her spins. +3 is common for great spins.
1. No traveling spin should ever receive a +3. I haven't gone back and looked at Julia's skate, because it was awful and she didn't place, but at Euros and Team competition I saw her travel many times and receive +3s
2. Her jumps should NEVER receive higher than +1. Never under any circumstances. +2 is egregious ... to be getting +3 on her jumps is outright criminal.
4. I cannot speak to the step sequences, but I haven't heard of any of the athletes disagreeing with their levels.
Me either, I don't know enough about steps, but from what I've heard Adelina's footwork is not on par with Yuna's. I can only go off the deviation from their mode scores, and in particular how Adelina is not known as a footwork artist but was the only one to score level 4 in both programs. At the very least it draws further scrutiny, and the people who know more than me think the levels are wrong.
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You also ignored the short program, where the two should not have been tied.
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