Nobody falls on purpose. But whether you don't get credit for a jump because you fall, do it wrong, do it twice and don't get credit for it, decide not to do it because you just can't do it, or can't do it because you have a doctor's note--what does it matter? The jump's not done. Under the current system, doing enough transitions or one-footed footwork (or whatever) can apparently more than make up for it. Good for the winning skaters who fall or don't do the hardest jumps--they found a way to rack up the points legally, and their medals are well-deserved. They did nothing wrong, it's the judging system that has a loophole that needs or needed to be plugged.
I can only speak for myself, but a lot of the drama has been taken from the sport. I used to sit on the edge of my seat waiting to see if someone would fall, knowing that it would be the end of a dream, or waiting to see if some underdog would have the clean skate of his or her life and win it all. Now it's like, oh well, he or she fell, but she skated with such deep edges, I'm sure she'll be all right.
On another topic, could somebody send me a link to a skater with deep edges and one without, and tell me what I should be looking for?
I can only speak for myself, but a lot of the drama has been taken from the sport. I used to sit on the edge of my seat waiting to see if someone would fall, knowing that it would be the end of a dream, or waiting to see if some underdog would have the clean skate of his or her life and win it all. Now it's like, oh well, he or she fell, but she skated with such deep edges, I'm sure she'll be all right.
On another topic, could somebody send me a link to a skater with deep edges and one without, and tell me what I should be looking for?