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- Feb 17, 2010
i actually think it would help a lot of people enjoy results of major competitions more if they realize that even if a skater falls during his/her performance and runs away with the gold, that there are a hundred more aspects to a program than just nicely landed jumps. in my opinion a skater with high level difficulty of both jumps and skating content (many transitions, steps, emotion,etc) who messes up in an aspect of their program is still the righteous winner above any skater who performs flawlessly with much lower content both technically and PCS categories wise. and i believe many casual skating fans feel that way too, at least i hope so
My problem with this is that we're talking about an athletic competition in which virtually all of the risk in the program comes from the jumping passes. If you complete the risky elements and skate great, you should win. If you don't execute the risky elements well, you should be vulnerable and not get too big a scoring buffer from things like superior choreography or transitions.