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I think people placed appropriately for what the judges were looking for this year and that’s what’s throwing everyone off.Am I the only one who thinks that every win was well deserved?
I think it’s clear the judges are giving a tad more attention to shape now, and that’s consistently seen with who won. Derek’s shape is much better than hadi, and while hadi may have arguably been slightly more conditioned it wasn’t enough to make up for Derek’s better structure. Keone, from what I saw, had Shaun in conditioning as well as having a more pleasing structure.
We are so used to size winning and this year they awarded conditioning AND aesthetics, then size IMO. It’s up to the judges and the competitors to know and ask what they’re looking for.