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A quadruple jump or quad is a figure skating jump with at least four (but fewer than five) revolutions. [1] All quadruple jumps have four revolutions, except for the quadruple Axel, which has four and a half revolutions. The quadruple toe loop and quadruple Salchow are the two most commonly performed quads.
The loop is more difficult than the toe loop and salchow because the free leg is already crossed at takeoff, so the rotation is begun from the edge of the skating foot and the upper body. The coordination and weight shift does not need to be exact while performing the loop, so many skaters consider it an easier jump than the flip and Lutz. [4]
As of today, Plushenko is, without a doubt, the best figure skater in the world and quite justifiably so. He has a lot more difficult technical elements in his arsenal than others. The main thing is that he performed a quadruple toe loop – and that's what is expected of a real champion. Figure skating is not a ballet but a sporting competition.
Ilia Malinin established such a big lead after his peerless short program at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships that the phenom's free skate Sunday was less a competition and more a coronation.
For every other figure-skater, landing a quadruple axel lies outside the realms of possibilities, attempted but never accomplished by an endless parade of skating greats.. For American teenage ...
Browning performing "Singin' in the Rain" in Art on Ice 2014Kurt Browning CM (born June 18, 1966) is a Canadian figure skater, choreographer and commentator.He is the first skater to land a ratified quadruple jump in competition.
The six most common jumps can be divided into two groups: toe jumps (the toe loop, the flip, and the Lutz) and edge jumps (the Salchow, the loop, and the Axel). [26] The Euler jump, which was known as a half-loop before 2018, is an edge jump. [27]
Timothy Richard Goebel (born September 10, 1980) is an American former competitive figure skater.He is the 2002 Olympic bronze medalist. He was the first person to land a quadruple salchow jump in competition [1] and the first person to land three quadruple jumps in one program.