Posted on 02/19/2022 7:53:20 AM PST by CondoleezzaProtege
The quadruple jumps that sent Russian world champ Anna Shcherbakova to the gold medal and teammate Alexandra Trusova to the silver — much to her chagrin — along with the failed attempts that dumped 15-year-old Kamila Valieva out of the medals altogether could be a thing of the past by the 2026 Milan Olympics.
That's because more and more people are pushing for the age limit in figure skating to be raised above 16 following Valieva's monumental collapse Thursday night. While some young women skaters can land the jump earlier in their teens, it becomes far more difficult as they develop. No woman older than 17 has ever landed a quad in competition.
Take the case of Alysa Liu. The 16-year-old American, who finished seventh at the Beijing Games, was able to land the four-revolution jumps until two years ago, but stopped attempting them following a growth spurt.
"Injuries and puberty has been really hard to keep up with quads," Liu told NBC sportscaster Jimmy Roberts.
Liu said she sustained a lot of injuries trying to execute quads and doesn't think she'll ever do them again. She'll continue instead to focus on another notoriously difficult jump: the triple axel.
Shcherbakova and Trusova are both 17, and some have suggested that be the requirement for figure skating at the Olympics. Others are pushing for 18, the age at which men and women are legally adults in the U.S. and much of the world, and when their bodies are more fully developed and capable of handling the pounding of quadruple jumps.
As it stands, that's the age most of Russia's quad queens are hitting retirement.
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No,didn’t realize that- they musta been funny commercials
Raising the age limit for figure skating (and all sports) could end the era of child molestation passing as coaching.
Lol, and mandatory emergency horns everytime they take a swing
Here is one, but I swear it wasn’t quite like this….maybe I just remember poorly. Plus it says 1993!
There was at least one more but it doesn’t come up easily and I don’t recall the sports.
“You know you guys are just parroting that series of commercials a decade back, right?”
Probably. When my friends and I are playing golf, it would be a disservice to keep quiet during a swing. On many occasion, on the green we keep saying under our breath, “yips.” We play to have fun. None of us shoot under 90, so we all know no one is getting a tour card anytime soon.
My good friend actually got mad at me when I said "pressure putt" before one of his. :)
Once trannies enter the field of women’s figure skating - and it’s coming - the quad will be required to get on the medal stand.
Nathan Chen is 22 and lands quads with ease - he’s even called the “quad king.”
LOL, that’s the US Heterosexual Men’s Figure Skating Champion.
And here he is accepting his medal while the ladies in the stands go wild...
What you said. Now its all jumping and no grace and beauty as before.
lol tat’s funny- good find- I agree- gold medal for sure-
lol great find- Yep- that would make golf worth watching :)
Already have plans. Won't be able to see any of it. That's a shame.
Peggy Fleming was beautiful, and never did more than a double anything.
“Seriously....the quad has ruined all skating”
Agreed. The only skating I watch any more is ice dance. Even too many throws in pairs.
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