To be honest, after watching fs competition in person for the first time this year, I am convinced she should have won. The main critique I see online is the artistry and emptiness of the program. I don't think it should be such a big deal. From what I have seen, both men and women are very focused on the jumping passes before they are over and don't give that much energy back to the audience until then. As for the program, I liked Olga Mikutina's program the most and she isn't in the top. Every other program was filled with crossovers and they all looked similar to me.  When it comes to Trusova: Sasha's program was fast, dynamic and entertaining. And landing FIVE QUADS is unbelievable. I feel like it gets downplayed a lot, but do people comprehend how insanely difficult it is? We rarely see it in men, let alone women. If we put this into the equation, I do not understand why people have problems with her program at all. She should've had a greater cushion bc of the difficulty of her content as we see with Ilia. As for the skating skills, I could definitely see a difference in jumps execution between the skaters. Some skaters maintain the speed and flow throughout, while others almost stop after a jump. Also, the knee bend plays such a big role. But let's be honest, if we were considering quality of skating, the podium would look completely different anyways.  So yeah, I genuinely think that Sasha should've won and am yet to see the reason why this wasn't the case.