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Originally Posted by bossy22
The issue (or non-issue) we had here was that the athletes who compete on the world tour and are never judged by FIS judges. They came in expecting what the x-games and dew tour want. Big jumps and progression, as it relates to those jumps. It was thought that the winner would have to do at minimum two triple corks, maybe three. McMorris did two, and was the only one in the final to do two in one run. When Staale saw how McMorris got scored, he changed his game plan and added more style. Sage, who has never won a gold on the world tour, just did what he does best. It's his thing to be the creative, out-there guy, and that is what the FIS judges wanted.
Maxence was last. He saw what was being judged, and he had the opportunity to change it up. He had the biggest trick, a triple cork 1620, but that was it.
If this were the x-games it could have been Canada 1-2, but it wasn't the x-games. Personally, this is one of the few times I've agreed with FIS. I liked that the rails were given some weight instead of just a lead up to the jumps.
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That was the impression I got from the TV coverage as well. That's an issue all of its own that the sport federation will have to address.
My comments above were more general regarding judged sports than for any sport specifically.