More about figure skating and the skating queen Alexandra Trusova
-The first woman landing 4F, 4Lz, and 4T (Type of quadruple jumps) in competition.
-The first woman landing 5 quadruple jumps in one free skate program.
-"If you risk, you might lose. But if you don't risk, you can't win."
Some Glossary Terms-jumps
- Salchow(S)
- An edge jump where the skater takes off from the left inside edge and lands on the outside edge of the right foot
- Toeloop(T)
- A jump where the skater takes off from the right outside edge with a left toe pick, and lands on the outside edge of the right foot
- Loop(lo)
- An edge jump where the skater takes off from the right outside edge and lands on the outside edge of right foot
- Lutz(lz)
- A jump where the skater takes off from the left outside edge with a right toe pick, and lands on the outside edge of the right foot
- Flip(f)
- A jump where the skater takes off from the left inside edge with a right toe pick, and lands on the outside edge of the right foot
- Axel(A)
- A jump where the skater takes off towards the front, from the left outside edge and lands on the outside edge of the right foot with a additional half rotation.
- Short Program
- A short program must include: A double or triple Axel; One triple jump; A jump combination consisting of a double jump and a triple jump or two triple jumps; One flying spin; Either a layback/sideways leaning spin or a sit or camel spin without a change of foot; A spin combination with just one change of foot; A step sequence using the entire ice surface
- Free Skate
- Up to seven jump elements, one of which has to be an Axel jump; Up to three spins (one of which has to be a spin combination, one has to be a flying spin or a spin with a flying entrance, and one has to have just one position). After the 2026-2027 season, the three required spins were a combination spin, a flying spin, and a choreographic spin; only one step sequence; only one choreographic sequence
- Technical element score
- This includes the base score for each technical elements like jumps, spin, and step sequences and a GOE, which refers to the grade of execution ranging from +5 to -5 based on the quality of execution.
- Program component score
- This includes the score for the program design and presentation.
Glossary of program requirements
In all categories of jumps, Flip, Lutz, Loop, and Axel are the ones that are been considered the most challenging.
In the past, before 2022 winter Olympics, the olympics women figure skating program contains only triple jumps. At that time, only the male skaters do quadruples.
Her Signature move is the cantilever
The cantilever, also called layback spread eagle, is a figure skating element. Similar to the spread eagle, the skater travels along a deep edge. With knees bent, the skater bends their back backwards, parallel to the ice.