Is a "cigar" full credit for the jump? Any credit for the jump (e.g., quads and rotated harder triples with falls still add positive points to the total score under IJS, contributed significantly to the base mark from which deductions were taken in 6.0 short programs, and in 6.0 free programs affected the judges' perceptions of overall technical ability, for better or worse depending on how close the attempt was to succeeding)?
Or does cigar = gold medal? Because most of the skaters don't earn that no matter how many jumps they land or how many times other skaters fall. And even under 6.0 the rules specifically said it was possible to earn the [strike]cigar[/strike] gold medal even with a fall.
In any case, that might answer the question of what the judges or rulemakers were smoking.
Or does cigar = gold medal? Because most of the skaters don't earn that no matter how many jumps they land or how many times other skaters fall. And even under 6.0 the rules specifically said it was possible to earn the [strike]cigar[/strike] gold medal even with a fall.
In any case, that might answer the question of what the judges or rulemakers were smoking.