Joesitz said:Her LP in Dortmund was quite good, and she should have been top 10, but she was caught in the second group, and as Isaid before, it seems to me that, the judges wont allow skaters to move from one group to another.
I don't think that's it. I think Fumie was definitely unlucky with her groups, and where she skated probably did make it difficult to move right up. I don't think it's a case of the judges not allowing a skater to move though - take last year's Worlds for an example. Carolina Kostner was in the third group for the SP (I think she had a bad qualifying), but ended up coming 4th in the SP behing Kwan, Sokolova and Suguri, making the final group for the free. That's quite a movement. And was thoroughly deserved.