Yes, you are missing something. Russia is still dominant! Plushenko actually won; Kavaguti probably gave up after the marks in the short program, and she characteristically fell etc.; Domina and Shabalin were badly injured but still won bronze, and ice dancers Davis and White and Virtue and Moir had RUSSIAN coaches, one of them the choreographer for pairs Gordeeva and Grinkov. The Chinese and Germans won in pairs, and Canada and the US were nowhere near that podium...because the Chinese and the Germans originated in Russian pairs skating and Russians have not been allowed near US pairs skaters. And you don't have the system you used to have where you got access to 100% of your talent and people who were good were supoorted whether theiir families were rich or not. Now you have a system like us, where only rich kids can get noticed, and pay the enormous fees to be trained. However, Dennis Ten looked great to me, reminded me of Kulik! Plus you don't have the media fire power. I mean, just look how they manipulated the whole thing with Plushenko! The CIA could not have done better. I don't get why you don't have forums where it would be safe for people who like Russian skating or skaters! People are just blasted to smitherens for liking Russian skaters all over the US Net. I really resent it. My mom was a super patriot, hated communism, but she LOVED Victor Petrenko. She adored him.