Fascinating!!!
I'm a huge fan of figure skating (the ongoing blight of Michelle Kwan notwithstanding) but I'm also not blind to the fact that the judging "system" and the scoring "system" is kray-kray to the nth degree. A really interesting (and, naturally, UN-biased) essay. Good work.
Daisuke Takahashi's Short Program in the clip below - the one mentioned in the article. Takahashi is a freakin' rock star. The Mick Jagger of ice skating. Phenomenal.
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