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Except that the US has had an abundance of successful skaters in the past under the same system.
Because it was really popular back then, which it is not anymore. And training has gotten more expensive, not less. And now that it's NOT popular, skaters can't even make money from professional skating careers after they "retire". They have to go skate in shows in Japan to make some money. Disney on Ice is the only thing that's left.
Even if skating suddenly became popular in the USA again, we still wouldn't beat the Russians. That incredibly competitive environment of the best skaters training with each other under one roof, being completely replaceable, being all trained the same way and handpicked for the proper body type, we don't have a system like that. We are not going to be able to produce that many talented girls in a super-loose system. That pressure cooker system is why they have such a deep field of skaters to draw from.