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- Mar 28, 2005
Would Buttle or Lambiel with a clean skate have won the long with how Plushy did?
I actually think of either Lambiel or Buttle had done a totally clean skate one of them could have beaten Plushenko in the long program. So Plushenko with mistakes in one program could be challenged by one of the next best doing a perfect skate. Look at the points they would have added without their mistakes:
Buttle
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Fall on quad-4 more points
Hand down on 3 axel-1.5 more points
doubled triple loop-3.5 more points
PCS increased without the mistakes-5 more points(0.5 average more per component likely)
Total points added-14 more points which would give him a score of 168+, if he got GOE+ on jumps he missed he could have been over 170
Lambiel
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Fall on triple lutz-4 more points
near fall on quad-close to 3 more points
doubled triple axel-just over 4 more points
PCS increased without the mistakes-5 more points(0.5 average more per component likely)
Total points added-16 more points which would give him a score of 168+,
if he got GOE+ on jumps he missed he could have been over 170
That is something that is encouraging.
I actually think of either Lambiel or Buttle had done a totally clean skate one of them could have beaten Plushenko in the long program. So Plushenko with mistakes in one program could be challenged by one of the next best doing a perfect skate. Look at the points they would have added without their mistakes:
Buttle
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Fall on quad-4 more points
Hand down on 3 axel-1.5 more points
doubled triple loop-3.5 more points
PCS increased without the mistakes-5 more points(0.5 average more per component likely)
Total points added-14 more points which would give him a score of 168+, if he got GOE+ on jumps he missed he could have been over 170
Lambiel
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Fall on triple lutz-4 more points
near fall on quad-close to 3 more points
doubled triple axel-just over 4 more points
PCS increased without the mistakes-5 more points(0.5 average more per component likely)
Total points added-16 more points which would give him a score of 168+,
if he got GOE+ on jumps he missed he could have been over 170
That is something that is encouraging.