Grand Prix Final results show women’s figure skating revolution progressing quickly

[Sylvia]

By Philip Hersh:

Grand Prix Final results show women’s figure skating revolution progressing quickly

Between Alena Kostornaia, Anna Shcherbakova, and Alexandra Trusova’s, how is it possible for the rest of the women in figure skating to keep pace?

olympics.nbcsports.com

Same article is also published here:

Grand Prix Final results show women’s figure skating revolution progressing quickly

Between Alena Kostornaia, Anna Shcherbakova, and Alexandra Trusova’s, how is it possible for the rest of the women in figure skating to keep pace?

sports.yahoo.com

Excerpt:

So much has changed on the jump front since then that it turns out using the men’s PCS factors would have had almost no impact on the women’s results at the Grand Prix Final.
With some computational help from skatingscores.com, I recalculated the PCS scores from the Final with the 1.0 and 2.0 factors, added them to the TES scores and found just one difference: Kostornaia would have moved from second to first in the free skate. The overall and short program finish order would have been the same.
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And as [Fabio] Bianchetti pointed out, making that change or a more substantial one in the women’s factoring must take into consideration not only a few exceptional new talents.

 

[Foolhardy Ham Lint]

I always wondered why PCS was factored at 0.8 for ladies? Especially for the longest time, as it is the men whose programs were more technical and jump based.

 

[MAXSwagg]

The factoring doesn’t matter because the judges don’t have a clue how to evaluate the components or GOEs.

 

[gkelly]

I always wondered why PCS was factored at 0.8 for ladies? Especially for the longest time, as it is the men whose programs were more technical and jump based.

The idea was that the maximum PCS would be approximately equal to the maximum TES . . . that top skaters were performing when the system was designed 15+ years ago.

As program content has changed, both through rule changes and through skaters pushing the envelope, the maximum TES has risen significantly. But the PCS factors haven't changed at all for freestyle disciplines.
(I think they did change at least once in dance.)

The factoring doesn’t matter because the judges don’t have a clue how to evaluate the components or GOEs.

Do you?

 

[aftershocks]

Hmmm, even inside the article 'child prodigies' is mentioned and the focus is purely on female teenagers, not on women athletes. Therefore, the headline title should read:

"GPF results show female teens' figure skating revolution progressing quickly"

Or else remove 'female teens' and substitute 'Russian Troika' as "artfully nicknamed by Johnny Weir."