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Figure skaters are awarded a 10-percent scoring bonus for any jump elements performed in the second half of their program's allotted time.

Skating, brian boitano. what a pleasure. good morning. this controversy is over the fact that plushenko lands a quadruple jump, lysacek did not. who do you think should have won the gold? >> oh, evan by far should have won the gold. i mean, with the new judging system, its a strategy. its not like evan cant do a quadruple. he chose not to do it because if you miss the quadruple, you miss -- theres too much risk involved. and even though yevgeny skated well, he did the quadruple and all his tripl...

Doing quadruple jumps, do you envision a time when thats going to be par for the course and does yevgeny plushenko have a point in saying, you know, its the beginning of moving this movement forward? >> i totally agree with that point that yevgeny plushenko is making. i do believe the sport needs to move forward. but right now its not about the athlete. its about winning medals. and with the new judging system, the way its laid out, it doesnt reward attempting a quadruple jump. and so its basica...

Him for not taking the risk. but i think on balance in this this new information nm julying judging system they have, he has the chance of compiling the most numbers and not falling. and then i want to say just a word about jeremy abbott who is our american champion. and two time. if he skates the way he did at nationals, hes a definite medal contender. he is a very iffy quad, as well, but i think is he going to try it, but not in the short program. and well see how he does in the short program ...