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post #46 of 48
3/1/10 at 2:59pm
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Originally Posted by grawk View Post
They both took risks, one of them paid off.
Lysacek did not take any risks because he did not even try the quad. Takahashi at least tried and the rest of his performance was awesome, so he should be rated higher than Lysacek as well IMO.
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post #47 of 48
3/1/10 at 3:03pm
His risk was not doing the quad
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post #48 of 48
3/1/10 at 3:12pm
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Originally Posted by Pianist View Post
It's easy to be elegant when you know that you don't need to do a quad jump.
Deciding to do a quad or not to do a quad is a risky proposition. From what I understand, if a quad is performed perfectly, it can have a maximum point value of 12.8, higher than any other jump in the competition. If the jump is not performed well, it can be downgraded to 4.0. Like all jumps, if you fall, it will have 0 point value. If Plushenko did not get the full 12.8 point value for his Quad, then what went wrong? Did he not rotate enough, was he not straight in the air? I don't know. When you are Lysacek, however, and you don't have a quad, that is a lot of potential points that you are missing. Lysacek's triple axel is only worth 8.2 points, quite a bit less than the Quad. I do agree with Scott Hamilton's assessment going into the freeskate. Plushenko's program, if performed cleanly, outranked Lysacek's. It was Plushenko's performance to lose. He did not skate cleanly and he lost. Here is a score sheet from Plushenko's 2006 world record setting performance at the world championships. Look at the points he received for his jumps, jumps he performed perfectly. He won and set a new standard. In the 2010 Olympics he simply did not maintain that standard.

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