Ilia Malinin the quad king
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Great slow-mo of the hardest jump in skating. He's the only one who can do it, or has ever done it, and will (hopefully) do it in the Olympics. I know it's obvious but the ice is not bouncy. In gymnastics the floor has a spring. How he jumps that high from an ice skate is insane.
https://www.reddit.com/r/nextfuckinglevel/comments/1qwhhoj/ilia_malinins_quadruple_axel_in_slowmo/
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Wow!!
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It’s an amazing jump but since he is the only skater thus far capable of completing the move, he may not be allowed to use it in competition. He may have to wait until others in his skating class can also master the jump. I seem to recall Elvis Stojko was not allowed a move in competitions that only he could perform. Forget what it was - a spin? He had to hold off employing until others could perform it. It only took a year or so.
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Yeah I was checking on that. I believe he is allowed as it's a move that has been "legal" in the skating rules, just... not done, although he's done it in many competitions in the last year or two, include 7 quads in the video earlier. I said it before, his name isn't very "marketable" but damn if I feel like the public is going to learn about him soon... same with Artemis II dammit!
