I hope that he goes a bit easier too. Look if he doesn't need to do 7 quads why should he. Every time he tries to go right to the edge it worries me because it raises the chance of a major injury. I want him to win but I also want him to stay in one piece while he is doing it. His free is incredible and it could be iconic in our sport. It not often he have a song that's he going take all to hell with him. Ilia though sometime easies up if he feel he can win without it. But sometimes he goes for broke too. Along with 7 quads I also heard that he might want to try a quint as well. For once Ilia play it safe and just do enough to win, the worlds and the Olympics are so much more important that this.I definitely agree with the scores here, and hopefully this lead will allow Ilia to go a little easier on the tech content tomorrow (there was a rumour that he was considering going for 7 quads in the free) and we can see him perform his FS throughout just like he did today in the short and like I've seen him do in practice. His free is so good in practice but has fallen a tad flat in competition because he's focused on the jumps, and I really want him to show it at full performance.
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