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foxmonkeyTHIS is what I hate about figure skating. Evan Lysacek skated a beautiful program, damn near flawless - if he bobbled, I certainly didn't see it. No falls, stuck all his jumps, and not half-ass sticks, either, solid landings that flowed right into the next move. How then, can two skaters with multiple falls and several sketchy moves have placed *ahead* of Lysacek? I can't believe he's not getting a medal. Unbelievable. Man, it had been a good Olympics experience for me up 'til now. Edited to add: YES, while signing off, the female analyst (no idea who it is) said the performance of the night belonged to Evan Lysacek. YA THINK? He was so, so robbed. It makes me crazy. Friggin' asshole judges, man. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. ;-(
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Date: 2006-02-17 04:44 am (UTC)Thank you, yes, that's what I just couldn't figure out. Both the silver and gold wiped out repeatedly, but they were on the podium and he wasn't. Robbed. ROBBED, I tell you.
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Date: 2006-02-17 04:50 am (UTC)Now I've looked at the protocols, and I can see what happened, but it still doesn't make sense.
Buttle started out with a 74.8 base value, and ended up with 76.8 for his executed elements once the GOE was figured in (he lost -3 on his Quad Toe for the fall, and -1 on the Triple Axel/Double Toe combo for the touch down, all the others positive, though less than 1.0 each). Take off another -1 for the fall.
Lysacek started out with a 72.6 base value, and ended up with a 78.24 for his executed elements. His GOE's look a bit low to me, and I was surprised to see a few scattered -1s, though everything averaged out to positives. But Evan is about 2.5 points ahead on the executed elements section, so things seem to be going well, until....
Evan got totally hosed on the Component scores, though -- 74.34 to Buttle's 78.5. Buttle got 7.75 - 8.25 across the board, while Evan had 6.50 to 8.00.
As for Lambiel, he started out with higher difficulty, so his base component score was 76.1, and even with the splats, his executed elements worked out to 76.89. Again, he got major gifts with the component scores which is what pulled him up. He was so close behind Evan in the free skate that it was stastistically insificant, but of course he had a lead from the short that put him on the podium.
The short version is still crappy judging, but that's how the numbers played out.
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Date: 2006-02-17 04:53 am (UTC)Dammit, in my ranting, foaming fury I typed "gold and silver" when I MEANT to type "silver and bronze." I really need to simmer down.
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Date: 2006-02-17 04:55 am (UTC)