- Joined
- Jun 21, 2003
I really don't see what the problem is with Kostner's scores. The IJS goes like this: you get points for everything you do, and you do not get any points for what you don't do.
Carolina presented only low-valued technical elements. As a consequence her TES was 10 points behind the leaders, and in fact her base value was below all of Medvedeva, Tsurskaya, Nagasu, Leonova, Miyahara, Hongo, Shiraiwa, Chartrand, and Bell. This is as it should be. Points are points, arithmetic is arithmetic.
On the PCS side, Kostner displayed good skating skills, good transitions, good composition, good presentation and good interpretation. She got good marks in those areas. A little too high? A little too low? YMMV. For the final placements, add up the points.
Carolina presented only low-valued technical elements. As a consequence her TES was 10 points behind the leaders, and in fact her base value was below all of Medvedeva, Tsurskaya, Nagasu, Leonova, Miyahara, Hongo, Shiraiwa, Chartrand, and Bell. This is as it should be. Points are points, arithmetic is arithmetic.
On the PCS side, Kostner displayed good skating skills, good transitions, good composition, good presentation and good interpretation. She got good marks in those areas. A little too high? A little too low? YMMV. For the final placements, add up the points.