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- Feb 25, 2017
I was lucky to watch the ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Gangeung. The competition was wonderful but I have some concerns regarding the PCS score of the Men’s Free Skate.
According to the ISU guidelines, PCS is judged by: ss (skating skills) / tr (transitions) / pe (performance/execution) / ch (choreography) / in (interpretation).
But Nathan Chen’s PCS is clearly overscored in comparison to the marks of other skaters.
His SS: skating speed is slow, unsmooth, very immature. But he receives an average of 9?
His TR: transition is simple and even without transition during many sections of the program. But he got an average of 8.7?
His PE: Can I say he was expressionless? And where is the 8.9 coming from?
His CH: very vague, no clear subject and poor in details. And he got an average of 8.9
His IN: the body movement is very stiff and out of sync with music yet the mark he got is an average of 8.9!
But Nathan was awarded with 88.86 PCS, while the scores for Yuzuru Hanyu, Patrick Chan, Jason Brown, Misha Ge were 94.34, 92.58, 85.72 and 76, respectively. His score is inflated considering the performance and scores from the other skaters at the competition.
I know Nathan Chen is only 17 but skaters should be judged by their skills and performance not by experience or age. In my opinion, he is a jumper not a skater and his awful skating should not be rewarded with those ridiculous marks. If the judges keep throwing huge scores to these kind of skates, it will cause unfairness and unfortunate damage to this sport. After all, we paid the very expensive tickets to attend the events to watch Figure Skating NOT Figure JUMPING!
I urge the ISU can take action into this matter and ensure the Evaluation Criteria of PCS is adhered to the guideline and not based on the number of Quadruple jumps.
Freya&Kitty
According to the ISU guidelines, PCS is judged by: ss (skating skills) / tr (transitions) / pe (performance/execution) / ch (choreography) / in (interpretation).
But Nathan Chen’s PCS is clearly overscored in comparison to the marks of other skaters.
His SS: skating speed is slow, unsmooth, very immature. But he receives an average of 9?
His TR: transition is simple and even without transition during many sections of the program. But he got an average of 8.7?
His PE: Can I say he was expressionless? And where is the 8.9 coming from?
His CH: very vague, no clear subject and poor in details. And he got an average of 8.9
His IN: the body movement is very stiff and out of sync with music yet the mark he got is an average of 8.9!
But Nathan was awarded with 88.86 PCS, while the scores for Yuzuru Hanyu, Patrick Chan, Jason Brown, Misha Ge were 94.34, 92.58, 85.72 and 76, respectively. His score is inflated considering the performance and scores from the other skaters at the competition.
I know Nathan Chen is only 17 but skaters should be judged by their skills and performance not by experience or age. In my opinion, he is a jumper not a skater and his awful skating should not be rewarded with those ridiculous marks. If the judges keep throwing huge scores to these kind of skates, it will cause unfairness and unfortunate damage to this sport. After all, we paid the very expensive tickets to attend the events to watch Figure Skating NOT Figure JUMPING!
I urge the ISU can take action into this matter and ensure the Evaluation Criteria of PCS is adhered to the guideline and not based on the number of Quadruple jumps.
Freya&Kitty