ルール改正により、「回転不足が、以前そうであったようには罰せられない(underrotation is not punished so much now as it was before)」ようになったことが助けとなって、「以前より、4回転を入れるリスクを取ることに敬意が払われている(the risk in forming the quads is now respected more than it was before)」。
If you look at this year Worlds, and look at how many quads there were, at least in free skating, it is already a lot, and by Sochi there will be many, many skaters with one quad, and in my opinion there will be some, maybe several skaters with two quads, that is the problem. Yes, correct, Lysacek was the first without even trying the quad, because he tried it before, but the year of the Olympics they decided not to risk. In my opinion, the situation will not be like this in Sochi, because by that time there will be many quads, and I don’t think somebody can win without a quad.