osada's placement there was noted in isu's decision not to continue this dual-grouping policy, because her scores in free skating would have placed her 7th in "group a" in that segment, which would have placed her significantly higher overall. however, she was never given the opportunity to place above 16th in free skate, due to her placement in "group b." by contrast, many strong compulsory figure skaters who were poor free skaters ended up placing high in the end, because they were guaranteed at least a 15th-place finish in free skating, as long as they placed in the top 15 after short program.