Comment one visitor a site, where is the text (which you might have read here
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#entry343642935 - predictions that Plushy will be the first at the Olympics 2010
) ... and response by author of text - Jackie Wong ....
http://www.examiner.com/x-20118-Figure-Ska...--829911-1-of-3Ack... Plushenko. I really don't understand why his "presentation" scores were always so high. And his jumps... painful to watch.
- Berlin (3 September),
On the comeback trail – Evgeny Plushenko(
http://www.examiner.com/x-20118-Figure-Ska...vgeny-Plushenko)
- Jackie Wong:
Well, there has always been some debate, particularly from some in the American audience, as to how/why skaters like Evgeny Plushenko and Irina Slutskaya score so high in the second mark (the former Presentation mark and the current Program Components Score). In terms of “presentation,” by which I take it you are referring to artistry/choreography, it is a difference in preference. Plushenko and Slutskaya have a different following than that of, say, Michelle Kwan and Sasha Cohen.
One way or another, all four skaters have a strong connection with the audience that few other skaters have – and perhaps
if you look at it based on performance quality rather than purely artistry, it would be easier to understand his scores. That said, I did find Plushenko’s skating at the 2006 Olympics to be quite aloof, with the exception of the step sequences.
Also, it is important to note that the second mark (even in the old system) was not purely an evaluation of artistry or interpretation – which was a reason that toward the later years of the 6.0 system, the second mark was no longer called “Artistic Impression.” The second mark should take into account a number of intangibles, which includes artistry, choreography, and interpretation of music. But it also includes elements such as program composition, skating skills, and clarity of movement.
Plushenko had a great effortlessness in movement and a natural ability to generate great speed and power. Those aspects of his skating are sometimes underappreciated. And so even though his programs were not necessarily everyone’s cup of tea, it does not take away from the fact that, purely as a skater, he was superb.
