Since 1998 it seems as if the favorite to win never succeeds with the exception of Yuna Kim in 2010
1998-Michelle Kwan was the favorite- Tara won
2002 - Irina and Michelle were the favorites- Sarah Hughes won
2006- Irina was the favorite- Shizuka Won
2014- Yuna Kim was the favorite- Adelina won.
In my opinion:
Going back a bit to 1994, Nancy should have beaten Oksana. How could Oksana have such high marks technically? She only did 1 combination which was a easy double axel double toe, while Nancy did a 3T/3T. Also there was also double footing on 2 of Oksana's jumps. Yes Nancy doubled the triple flip, but her jumps were clean and her spins were a higher difficulty.
In 1998 Michelle should have won. Yes Tara had a great technical skate, but artistically it didn't match Michelle's...her artistic impression marks were inflated.
In 2002 I think Michelle should have won. Yes Sarah did have the skate of her life and did deserve to be ahead of Michelle in the free skate, but I think Irina's performance was lacking and should have been 3rd, meaning Michelle would win.
In 2006, I think Shizuka deserved to win,
In 2014, Adelina's PCS were ridiculously high and were very much inflated. Everyone discusses she beat Yuna in the technical mark, but there is not way her PCS should match Yuna's.
Real champions should be:
1994 Nancy Kerrigan
1998 Michelle Kwan
2002 Michelle Kwan
2006 Shizuka Arakawa
2010 Yuna Kim
2014 Yuna Kim
1998-Michelle Kwan was the favorite- Tara won
2002 - Irina and Michelle were the favorites- Sarah Hughes won
2006- Irina was the favorite- Shizuka Won
2014- Yuna Kim was the favorite- Adelina won.
In my opinion:
Going back a bit to 1994, Nancy should have beaten Oksana. How could Oksana have such high marks technically? She only did 1 combination which was a easy double axel double toe, while Nancy did a 3T/3T. Also there was also double footing on 2 of Oksana's jumps. Yes Nancy doubled the triple flip, but her jumps were clean and her spins were a higher difficulty.
In 1998 Michelle should have won. Yes Tara had a great technical skate, but artistically it didn't match Michelle's...her artistic impression marks were inflated.
In 2002 I think Michelle should have won. Yes Sarah did have the skate of her life and did deserve to be ahead of Michelle in the free skate, but I think Irina's performance was lacking and should have been 3rd, meaning Michelle would win.
In 2006, I think Shizuka deserved to win,
In 2014, Adelina's PCS were ridiculously high and were very much inflated. Everyone discusses she beat Yuna in the technical mark, but there is not way her PCS should match Yuna's.
Real champions should be:
1994 Nancy Kerrigan
1998 Michelle Kwan
2002 Michelle Kwan
2006 Shizuka Arakawa
2010 Yuna Kim
2014 Yuna Kim