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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]apparently, Jason has attempted a couple quads. A very rare skater can put together the quad jumps AND the artistry (I think Nathan Chen is the standard for how that is done). There are pretty much jumpers vs artists otherwise.

Jason puts together absolutely beautiful programs. He performs his jumps beautifully, too. He just doesn't have the quad arsenal that the tip top skaters now have.

It is a bit of a shame that we have moved away from the artistry/technique to scoring the tricks much more highly. It is now just an arms race - who can throw the most quads into a program and land them cleanly.

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I totally agree, but I am in awe of this year’s podium group for their ability to do both. I really do wonder if Hanyu was so nervous about the freeskate 4A attempt that he was mentally off his game? I wonder if he had not trained the 4A and had focused instead on his proven arsenal of jumps, what would the outcome be? He is an artist and a quad king, so it’s sad to me that perhaps his commitment to the 4A overshadowed his ability to focus and control everything else. I would have loved to see him at least make the podium, but maybe after the short program disaster, he just said “my gold medal is now being the first to land a ratified 4A.” So he went for it. And came soooo close![/quote]

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