Winter Olympics 2010

[Not Afraid]

Originally Posted by blueerica

I mean- why ever do a quad if it's not going to be rewarded?

A quad DOES have a higher point value than a triple IF it is landed. Plushenko landed his and was scored accordingly. However, where Lysacek really made up for not having a quad was in the amount of difficult jumps in the 2nd half of the program (which count for more points). Plushenko's program was all leaps and jumps in the first half and the last minute and a half of his program was just fluff and footwork.