Ilia Malinin made history last week by becoming the first person to ever land a four-and-a-half revolution ‘quadruple axel’ in a competition.
The average human being isn’t recovering from that sort of body position to land with any grace. 15-year-old Russian figure skating prodigy Kamila Valieva is anything but ordinary.
Zhu Yi’s performance during yesterday’s women’s short program team event sparked a social media attack of note.
Janet Jackson will forever be associated with the term ‘wardrobe malfunction’, so here’s hoping a similar fate doesn’t befall French ice dancer Gabriella Papadakis.
The Winter Olympics is one of those occasions where you end up becoming an expert in sporting codes you know nothing about. Feast your eyes on a triple axel.
Russian hearts were shattered after figure skating prodigy Yulia Lipnitskaya, fell during her short program routine on Wednesday. The 15-year-old Russian was the breakout star of the Sochi Olympics last week when she dazzled the world with her incredible talent.
With figure skating reaching fever pitch at the Winter Olympics, it has certainly put a spotlight on the sport as a whole. Check out this video of 12-year-old Starr Andrews that has received more than 15 million views on YouTube.