Averbukh on Dikidzhi’s quadruple axel: “A serious application. But Vlad needs to add more content”

Olympic silver medalist in figure skating, choreographer and director Ilya Averbukh told that the quadruple axel Vladislav Dikidji This is a serious achievement, but the skater needs to improve in the content.

Earlier, 19-year-old Dikiji posted a video on his Telegram channel in which he cleanly performs a quadruple axel. The first skater in history who managed to perform this element cleanly during official competitions was the American Ilya Malinin.

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— The quadruple axel is of course an ultra jump and a serious challenge. He has skated very consistently this season. But Vlad seriously needs to improve his content. We saw how Ilya Malinin, who was also seriously interested in jumping, added content. Vlad, under the leadership of Oleg Tataurov, has a great chance to improve. There is a long way from training to competition, but of course our guys stay at the top. This is very good news,” Averbukh told .

In the 2023/24 season, Dikiji won gold at two stages of the Russian Grand Prix and silver at the Russian Championship.