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Realistically speaking, if this type of model was the 2-minute technical program, skaters will still try to distinguish themselves by adding in artistry for a subjective bonus because at a given top tier of skaters, the skills will be similar. I personally believe jumps can be artistic. They were in this program. And I wouldn't trust the judges to not preference the technical program with an artistic flair more even though they probably have no mandated basis to do so given the theoretical purpose of this competition segment.
I agree. This "program" (the last half of her 2018 free skate) was by no means lacking in artistry even though it had 7 jumping passes in two minutes. But I would expect that the judges would have a mandate to reward artistic flair, whatever title ("technical program") the segment carries.