Grand Prix Final China - Mens and Pairs

Patrick Chan won with a short program that had an underrotated quad toe loop but a free skate that had a well done quad toe loop.

The short program had a quad toe triple toe combo by Nobunari Oda that may have been one of the best ever done! Over two extra points on GOE which is great for that level of jump.

Sui/Han of China tried to do throw quad salchow in their free skate but she fell after rotating it. They would win Bronze.

Mens Short Program

1- Nobunari Oda - 4T+3T Base value 14.40 - Oda's score 16.69. Very very impressive!

2-Patrick Chan - 4T< BV 7.20 final score 6.06

Free Skate

1. Patrick Chan - 4T BV 10.30. Final score 11.59

2. Takahiko Kozuka 4T< underrotated so BV 7.20- his sccore 5.63

3. Nobunari Oda 4T< with fall so BV 7.20 - score with fall - all -3 in GOE and 1 deduction off final score 4.20 (so really 3.20)

6. Daisuke Takahashi tried a quad flip. Problems with the quad toe. Flip attempt was underrotated so BV was 5.30 his score was 3.50.

1. Chan
2. Oda
3. Kozuka

Pairs

In Free skate Sui Han throw quad salchow 4Sth BV 8.00 their score with fall 5.71 plus the -1 deduction so really 4.71. They would win bronze.

1.Savchenko Szolkowy
2 Pang /Tong
3.Sui Han

Mens Protocol sheets
SP
http://www.isuresults.com/results/gpf1011/gpf1011_Men_SP_Scores.pdf

FS
http://www.isuresults.com/results/gpf1011/gpf1011_Men_FS_Scores.pdf

Pairs Free Skate Protocol

http://www.isuresults.com/results/gpf1011/gpf1011_Pairs_FS_Scores.pdf

2009/2010 season

Staring with the Trophee Eric Bompard when Nobunari Oda won beating Tomas Verner it was a sign of things to come. For the 2009/2010 season Oda had a program that differed from his previous seasons in that he removed the quads. Why would someone do this for the Olympic season? Because he wanted to win and the world championships the previous March showed that with Lysacek and Chan winning Gold and Silver quads were on the way out. The system as a whole punished them severely. They just weren't worth doing with spins steps and PCS and the inherent risk of doing them in the first place. Tomas Verner started his implosion in the free skate. While Oda with his no quads was able to beat Verner and win the Gold there. In third place was Adam Rippon - an almost total COP skater who never even thinks about doing quads because doing lots of jumps after the halfway point are worth more than quads when you really add everything up.

Trophee Eric Bompard-Winner no quad/-silver medalist quad/-bronze no quad/

Rostelecom Cup- winner with quad/-silver medalist no quad/-bronze no quad

Cup of China-winner no quad/-silver medalist no quad-/bronze-with quad

NHK Trophy- winner with quad/silver with no quad/bronze no quad

Skate America-winner no quad/silver no quad/bronze with quad

Skate Canada- winner with quad/silver no quad/bronze no quad

Grand Prix Final- Winner - no quad/silver no quad/bronze no quad

Olympic Games-Winner no quad/silver quad/bronze no quad

World championships - winner No quad/silver no quad/bronze quad

19 medal performances without quads
8 medal performances with quads

COP is spelling out the death of quads

The following aren't worldwide so I don't tend to count them but I will mention them.
Euros-all medalists did quads
Four Continents-winner no quad

If you look at the breakout star of the season I believe it was obviously Michal Brezina. He is almost a purely COP skater. Everyone says he is the best jumper with a great quad. I have heard it from Paul Wylie, Scott Hamilson, Peter Carruthers and more. He did not even try one once. Why? Because he is smart and knows COP rewards jumps after the haflway point more than quads in many ways. Higher PCS being one way.