Figure skater Kozlovsky: “We are told that the quadruple throw is so cheap because it is dangerous. This is an artificial limitation. »

Figure skater Dmitri Kozlovsky called the low base cost of the quadruple throw in pair skating an artificial limitation.

Kozlovsky and his partner Alexandra Boykova attempted to perform a quadruple throw three times during the individual and team tournaments of the Russian Show Jumping Championships.

The base cost of a quadruple toe loop and salchow throw is 6.50 points, a quadruple loop is 7.0 points, a flip and lutz is 7.50 points.

— What is the point of your attempts to quadruple the ejection?

— The desire comes from Sasha. The partner should not be the one who pushes him to take such risks. My job is to cast the girl effectively, then it’s all up to her. We would like to show that even if the outlier does not occur, it is not an unattainable element. I would like to receive feedback from the organizations that formulate the rules for pairs skating. However, the basic cost of a quadruple ejection is extremely low and its implementation is doubtful. We would like to see this change.

We are told that the quadruple throw is so cheap because it cannot be performed, that it is dangerous. There is an artificial limitation here. It’s as if in tennis it was forbidden to serve at more than 150 km/h under penalty of tearing your shoulder. If a person does something unique, they should be encouraged. Ilya Malinin does a quadruple axel which costs 12.50. I think it should cost at least 15. It’s a unique piece. We need to encourage people who achieve something unique,” ​​reports a correspondent, according to Kozlovsky’s words.