The men will battle with unprecedented firepower in Gangneung. Chen plans a repeat of the seven quads he hit in his two programs in Kansas City, where he won the U.S. title by more than 55 points by executing four different four-revolution jumps -- lutz, flip, toe and salchow -- and five total quads in his free skate. Grant Hochstein, fourth at the last two U.S. championships, hopes to hit three quad toes -- one in his short and two in his free -- at Four Continents.
Chinese press reports say Boyang Jin, the world bronze medalist, hopes to add a quad loop to his repertoire and equal Chen's five-quad free skate. After winning the Japanese title in December, Shoma Uno spent several weeks with Alex Ouriashev in the Chicago area, working to add a quad loop to his free skate, along with quad flip and toe.
In his first competition since winning the Grand Prix Final in December -- where he lost the free skate to Chen by 10 points -- Japan's Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu will bid to win his first Four Continents title with quad loop, quad toe and quad salchow in his programs. At age 26, three-time world and three-time Four Continents champion Patrick Chan has added a quad salchow to the quad toe already in his repertoire. In addition, Hanyu and Chan possess stronger program component scores (PCS) than their rivals.
I seriously wonder what kind of commentary the B.ESP guys will have to say about that lol.
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I don't understand.
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