Olympic champion Bobrova called for increasing the cost of the quadruple axel in figure skating

Olympic champion Ekaterina Bobrova believes that in figure skating it is necessary to increase the cost of the quadruple axel.

— As for me, if there is already a precedent, even with a single person, I would modify the cost of the quadruple axel upwards. For me, there is a certain unfairness in that now. Here is a double axel, it costs 3.30 (points). Also, some people skip three and a half… And it turns out that three and a half is eight points. If you fall, you get a minus five from the judges, which is a loss of four points, but at the same time you get four in total, minus the deduction – three. That is, on three and a half attempts, even unsuccessful ones, you lose from 0.30 to about 1.30 compared to the girls who jumped the double axel cleanly. In principle, it’s not a disaster compared to all other jumps.

For an axel of four and a half turns the cost is 12.50. If you fall, you get minus 6.25. And the plus deduction is already minus 7.25. So, it is absolutely unprofitable to skip four and a half. Although in the case of double and triple axes it is advantageous to become more complex. And in the case of a quadruple axel, it is not profitable at all. Why does this happen? On the contrary, it is a complication. This should probably be encouraged somehow?

And now they’re saying, “We don’t want to see any complications, we don’t want anyone to be killed.” ” Then I do not know. It’s a bit strange to me. The upward trend in score should be the same for all jumps. Up to five, ”quotes Bobrova Championship.

Saturday, an American figure skater Ilya Malinin became the winner of the Grand Prix final. In the short program, the 19-year-old skater was the first in history to perform a quadruple axel; in the free skate, he jumped a quadruple loop for the first time in his career. The athlete was born in the United States into the family of Russian figure skaters Tatyana Malinina and Roman Skornyakov.

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