this is how i see it; the only person who utilizes a quad is Plushenko;
Lambiel cancels his out by not having a triple axel;
Verner cancels his out by double is last three jumps;
Joubert cancels his out by making 3 or 4 minor mistakes or by backing off the rest of his program;
Voronov sometimes forget there is music playing so his Pcs cancel out his quad.
So only plushenko is ahead; everyone else is equal;
I say if plushenko makes one major mistake it could be;
Oda(finally dont zayak; did do a quad triple at worlds) ; Plushenko, Jeremy Abbot (with quad) on the podium or Evan lysacek without quad or Daisuke without quad
I agree with your point, except for the fact I do not know anything about updates of Plushy since 4 yrs ago
I feel that Dai would be better off without a quad this season. His quad reports do not sound good and he himself seems to be worried about it (see another thread on Dai and Nobu showing their practices). More importantly and essentially, he needs to skate a clean FS first. He is assured among the best PCS so that he can do the Jeff Buttle to be the Gold Medalist or at least Silver or Bronze. I would never imagine that everyone would be clean anyway in a big event like Oly.
Oda also said in one of the interviews that he would not be worried about the placement but want to land his quad. But I feel that Morosov may say "No". Although he may land it in practices, it still may be a risky jump for him. He has not been too strong under pressures. I would like him to play safe and get on the podium esp. because he has barely medaled in big comps.
Jeremy's PCS may be indeed boosted by a quad. His PCS is relatively underwhelming. I feel that he may be a bit slow? I don't know why but his skating gives an impression as if it were kind of small, even though I do not know for sure as I've never seen him skate in person. But I personally attribute his PCS to these factors, even though everything he does is beautiful and detailed. Yet, if he does land a very difficult jump, it could be a wow factor. JMO.
Evan can totally be on the podium without a quad because of the big PCS this season.
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