Athletistic / Figure skating. Three-time Olympic champion in figure skating, State Duma deputy Irina Rodnina, commented on reports that somersaults could be excluded from the list of elements prohibited in figure skating.

It was previously reported that this issue could be discussed at the next ISU congress.

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Rodnina said the somersault will be evaluated as a single-round element and therefore will not give any special points.

“Apparently, the time has come to allow the somersault. In fact, there is nothing serious in this element. On the whole, it has not been banned even because of its complexity. It is just that in figure skating it was possible to perform rotations exclusively along the vertical axis. Somersault is performed along the horizontal. Only because of this it was banned. Jump somersault will not affect the competition in any way. Since in figure skating, jumps are evaluated by the number of turns, here athletes will receive “Only one. In other words, all this is just a candy wrapper for the kitten, an opportunity for journalists to discuss something. There is no risk to health,” Rodnina said, as quoted by RT.



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