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Lost art? |
Figure skating’s new scoring system was put to its biggest test during the women’s long program Thursday night, and it did not pass with flying colors. The consensus among coaches and skaters is that the system needs tweaking. The glamour event of the Winter Olympics did not live up to expectations, and the emphasis on piling points might be partly to blame. …
The new system is designed to prevent cheating, but it has drawbacks. Skaters tend to scramble for as many points as possible, … Choreographer Lori Nichol has likened skaters under the new system to “chickens with their heads cut off running around.” …