Good article from thestar (Toronto based)
http://www.thestar.com/sports/sochi2..._olympics.html
Quote:
So, this one judge hung a plus-one on the Canadians for their twizzles, a rotational lift and a diagonal step sequence. Nobody else on the panel stooped that low. This same judge gave a plus-2 GOE to Virtue and Moir on five other elements. Only for a combination spin did he or she award the maximum plus-three.
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It’s not known which judge scored the Canadians so ridiculously low, because they’re afforded anonymity. But I can guess. And it’s not really guesswork because the same pattern emerged in every competition over the past two years — half a dozen head-to-heads now in which the Americans have defeated the Canadians — where a certain judge who will not be identified here has sat on the panel.
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There was simply not a nearly five-point difference in the quality of their respective two skates.
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Seems it is still possible to fix results, even with the new system