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At the 2002 Winter Olympics held in Salt Lake City, allegations arose that the pairs' figure skating competition had been fixed. The controversy led to two pairs teams receiving gold medals: the original winners Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze of Russia and original silver-medalists Jamie Salé and David Pelletier of Canada.
[55] "Winning the Olympic gold medal without performing a quadruple jump is like going back to the dark ages of men's figure skating." [58] It has also been pointed out that it is the difficult technical elements – jumps – that have turned figure skating into a modern sport at the Olympics.
The Axel jump, also called the Axel Paulsen jump for its creator, Norwegian figure skater Axel Paulsen, is an edge jump. [48] It is figure skating's oldest and most difficult jump. [18] [46] The Axel jump is the most studied jump in figure skating. [49] It is the only jump that begins with a forward takeoff, which makes it the easiest jump to ...
Yuzuru Hanyu also attempted a quadruple Axel during the 2021–22 Japan Figure Skating Championships, although it was downgraded to a triple Axel with a two-footed landing. [22] At the 2022 Winter Olympics, Hanyu’s quadruple Axel attempt received deductions for an under-rotation and a fall [ 23 ] but was the first attempt in competition that ...
Ilia Malinin had no intention of trying to land the quadruple axel, the most difficult jump in figure skating, while the 19-year-old American sensation was trying to qualify for the Grand Prix Finals.
Tonya becomes the first American female figure skater to complete two triple Axel jumps in competition. At the 1992 Winter Olympics, Tonya fails to stick her landings and finishes fourth. Defeated, she takes a job as a waitress, but Diane convinces her to train for the 1994 Winter Olympics. She performs well but still gets poor scores.
NBC figure skating commentators Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir, both former Olympians in the sport, did not shy away from the controversy surrounding Kamila Valieva when she took the ice for the ...
Ilia Malinin of the United States competes during the men's short program at the Skate America figure skating event in Allen, Texas, Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024. ... rotated triple axel and on a step ...