The judges were clearly holding Ito (and Manley) back, but for the reason of holding Witt and Thomas up so that they'd be at or near the top going into free skate. Especially Witt. That whole time of her mid to late amateur career they helped Witt win.
The jumps are marvellous, even more so given the time this happened. But still it is cold, no emotion at all. I don't care if she did more jumps than Kati Witt. Ito's performance was cool. Witt's performance was touching.
