1.   Cohen began practicing a quadruple salchow in July and began landing the jump cleanly in October.

2.   Goebel skated the more daring program, but he approached his quadruple salchow tentatively and stepped out of the landing.

3.   Goebel had pushed the thrill-seeking meter on Tuesday night, pulling off the first quadruple salchow in Olympic competition.

4.   Goebel pushed the thrill-seeking meter on Tuesday night, pulling off the first quadruple salchow in Olympic competition.

5.   Goebel, who bested Eldredge last year, executed a quadruple salchow but fell at the end of a quadruple toe loop.

6.   He did a quadruple salchow that felt so good he tried a quad toe, but popped out of it on the first rotation.

7.   Only Goebel capitalized on the opportunity when he landed the first quadruple salchow in an Olympics at the start of a tidy short program.

8.   Stojko has even considered putting two quads in his long program, but his expected attempt at a quadruple salchow did not materialize at the Canadian championships.

9.   American Sasha Cohen, coming off a back injury that sidelined her last season, was prepared to do a quadruple salchow.

10.   Cohen lands the quadruple salchow in practice, and she tried it unsuccessfully at Skate America.