I think that some skaters were born too soon and others too late. Or simply didn't compete under the scoring system that suited them.
Midori Ito would have done better CoP. Superb jumps, good spins. Could have win more golds on BV advantage + huge GOEs. If she had nowadays' skates, she could have landed the first lady quad.
Mao would have won more under 6.0, the one with compulsory figures. Flutz and URs weren't big things (see Lipintski ang Sarah Hughes). She could have skated a 7 or 8 triples program, flutzing and URing her way to olys gold.
Difficulty seemed to matter more than execution. Kim wouldn't have had those gigantic GOEs to close the difficulty gap. I don't think having bigger jumps would have done it.
Speed had not so much value in SS and artistic mark in general. Faster skaters (Kim, Kostner) were getting better scores even if she had better blade work imo. Compulsory figures would have given her a lead over Kim i think.
Brown would have gotten plenty of 6.0 for artistic mark that maybe could have make him win.
Who else do you think would have done better under different system?
Midori Ito would have done better CoP. Superb jumps, good spins. Could have win more golds on BV advantage + huge GOEs. If she had nowadays' skates, she could have landed the first lady quad.
Mao would have won more under 6.0, the one with compulsory figures. Flutz and URs weren't big things (see Lipintski ang Sarah Hughes). She could have skated a 7 or 8 triples program, flutzing and URing her way to olys gold.
Difficulty seemed to matter more than execution. Kim wouldn't have had those gigantic GOEs to close the difficulty gap. I don't think having bigger jumps would have done it.
Speed had not so much value in SS and artistic mark in general. Faster skaters (Kim, Kostner) were getting better scores even if she had better blade work imo. Compulsory figures would have given her a lead over Kim i think.
Brown would have gotten plenty of 6.0 for artistic mark that maybe could have make him win.
Who else do you think would have done better under different system?