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But that's her point- they aren't getting deductions and the component scores seem to rise exactly the year they debut the newest model, then fall afterwards. And she's clear at the end that its not Eteri's problem -- its that Eteri is exploiting a sport that already allows it to happen. She likens it to the Karolyis, which I think is fitting. The amount of injuries and eating disorders looks a lot like the Karyoli era here. She also credits the fact that skating is hugely popular is Russia and that millions of girls participate in lessons, so they certainly have a giant pool of talent to work with.

The problem basically rolls up to the ISU and how it chooses to reward skaters on the ice. [/quote]

Judges are human.  They know Eteri brings the goods so any skater from her stable already gets heightened interested and a benefit of the doubt.  Judges are human too in that they can get carried away by the exuberance or fireworks in a program just like you and I.  Sarah Hughes had ugly underrotated jumps with awful technique but she was just so gosh darn cute and excited, she was not penalized for her tech flaws.

I feel like it's unfair to say Eteri exploits the system when the rulebook is public and can technically be exploited by anyone who cares to read it.  Like, people said she exploited the rule that all jumps in the 2nd half of the program get a bonus and backloaded Alina's program 4 years ago where ALL jumps were in the second half. Looked ugly but got the points.  But - this rule was well known to everyone.  Why didn't everyone else do it? Because it's damn difficult, that's why.  Note she didn't have Medvedeva do it, and that was because Medvedeva couldn't.  That's why most people don't do it - because they are unable to.   So Eteri didn't really exploit the rulebook, she followed it - just like anyone else, in theory, could.

But you are correct that the problem goes back to ISU and to a larger philosophical question: what is good skating? Skaters and coaches want to win. They read the rulebook and follow the rules that lead them to the pedestal.   If you want to see a different kind of skater, you need to change the rules. And that certainly isn't Eteri's problem. [/quote]

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