Post by Admin on Apr 3, 2019 18:36:37 GMT
Rika Kihira was indeed the favorite to win these World Championships thanks to her triple axels. In that respect, she is indeed unique: no other senior skater in the world can perform multiple jumps with three and a half rotations. However, this time around, the Japanese skater was unable to complete those elements.
In the short program, she performed only one rotation instead of three, producing an element that has no point value under the current system. That error left her in seventh place and ultimately proved fatal. In her free skate, Kihira fell while attempting to complete her second axel, and that prevented her from making up enough distance to earn a medal. However, in future competitions, Kihira will continue to present a serious threat to her competitors.
What is this I’m hearing about a Kazakhstani skater performing a historic jump?
Elizabet Tursynbayeva became the first senior woman in the history of figure skating to perform a quadruple jump in competition successfully. Many had suspected that honor would go to one of Russia’s current junior skaters when they begin competing as seniors next year.
The word “successfully” means that Tursynbayeva completed the required number of rotations in the air and did not fall when she landed. That accomplishment has landed the Kazakhstani athlete in the history books. She, like Zagitova, trains with Eteri Tutberidze.
Until now, only three female skaters had managed to perform quadruple jumps in international competition, but they all competed in the juniors’ category. These were Miki Ando, Alexandra Trusova, and Anna Shcherbakova. Tursynbayeva made her first attempt to change that fact in February at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships but fell when she landed on the ice.
In the short program, she performed only one rotation instead of three, producing an element that has no point value under the current system. That error left her in seventh place and ultimately proved fatal. In her free skate, Kihira fell while attempting to complete her second axel, and that prevented her from making up enough distance to earn a medal. However, in future competitions, Kihira will continue to present a serious threat to her competitors.
What is this I’m hearing about a Kazakhstani skater performing a historic jump?
Elizabet Tursynbayeva became the first senior woman in the history of figure skating to perform a quadruple jump in competition successfully. Many had suspected that honor would go to one of Russia’s current junior skaters when they begin competing as seniors next year.
The word “successfully” means that Tursynbayeva completed the required number of rotations in the air and did not fall when she landed. That accomplishment has landed the Kazakhstani athlete in the history books. She, like Zagitova, trains with Eteri Tutberidze.
Until now, only three female skaters had managed to perform quadruple jumps in international competition, but they all competed in the juniors’ category. These were Miki Ando, Alexandra Trusova, and Anna Shcherbakova. Tursynbayeva made her first attempt to change that fact in February at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships but fell when she landed on the ice.
