Winter Olympics 2022- Kamila Valieva first woman to land quadruple jump: Russian teenage star Kamila Valieva made figure-skating history on Monday, becoming the first woman to land a quadruple jump at the Olympics — and not content with one, she landed two.
Winter Olympics 2022: Teenage figure skater first woman to land quad jump at Olympics
The 15-year-old landed the quadruple jumps — when a skater rotates four times in the air — as she once again demolished the competition in the freestyle programme team event in Beijing.
Winter Olympics 2022: Despite finishing 30 points ahead of second-placed Kaori Sakamoto, Valieva looked distraught at the end of her performance — she had fallen attempting a third quad jump.
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Winter Olympics 2022: Teenage figure skater first woman to land quad jump at Olympics
She is part of a team trained by coach Eteri Tutberidze expected to take the podium in the women’s individual event in Beijing, and Valieva is favourite for gold.
All three skaters have comfortably landed quad jumps in competition before — but it has never been done at an Olympics.
Winter Olympics 2022: A quad jump has been attempted at the Games before, according to the Olympics news site — Surya Bonaly tried it in 1992 but it was considered not fully rotated on landing and so was downgraded.
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