I’ve been digging into the ladies free skate scores and justifying the time as USEFUL STATISTICAL ANALYSIS FOR MY STATS CLASS and just:

Alina:

Satoko:

ARE YOU SHITTING ME?! How on earth does Alina have 9.29 for composition and 9.46 for interpretation of the music and Satoko only has 8.89 and 9.00?

I don’t want to deny Alina her moment (or say anything about the podium here), and I know Satoko’s always underscored. But. WHAT?!

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I’m so worried for her future, too, that’s what worries me the most. It’s so sad when I feel like in the old days we could be secure that she was going to be around for a while and we’d see what she could offer the sport as she grew, you know? (Like Slutskaya.)

I KNOW. And we’ve seen how quick Russia–and particularly Eteri–is to stop supporting their skaters in favor of the next young one, and I’m just … so worried she’s going to brushed aside