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Japanese 'figure king' Hanyu is a hot topic after trying the 'Quadruple Axel', an ultra-high difficulty jump that makes 4 and a half turns. Unfortunately, it failed, but the challenge itself is interesting because it is a jump that no one has ever crossed.
This is Correspondent Ha Seong-ryong.
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Hanyu tried the quadruple axel, which rotates four and a half laps for the first time in the Japanese national team selection match.
An axel jump that rotates half a lap jumps forward and lands backwards, but Hanyu almost finished 4 and a half laps and landed on both feet, so it was judged to be insufficient and treated as a triple axel.
Unfortunately, it failed, but applause poured in for the daring challenge.
The quadruple axel is a magical jump that no one in the history of figure skating has succeeded in.
[Lee Ho-jeong/SBS Figure Skating Commentator: Usually, up to 4 turns is the maximum number of turns that players can make. Because the difference in half laps is really big, I think it’s impossible.]
Hanyu, who achieved 2 consecutive victories at the Pyeongchang Olympics by using perfect quadruple jumps 6 times, later challenged the quadruple axel and had a bruise on his leg. After hard training, this lift finally made its debut 40 days before the Beijing Olympics.
Although unsuccessful, Hanyu is determined to challenge a new era in figure skating in Beijing.
[Hanyu/Japan figure skating national team: I will continue to challenge without giving up because I have said that I will definitely succeed in this jump.]
Not only Hanyu, but Nathan Chen of the United States, the world record holder who jumped four rounds 7 times, and 15-year-old Russian star Balieva, who made the quad jump in women's figure skating for granted, the 'jump battle' that will be held on the silver plate of the Beijing Olympics is a figure skating fan. making them excited.