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Japan's 'figure king' Hanyu is a hot topic after attempting a quadruple axel, an ultra-high-difficulty jump that goes around 4 and a half laps. Unfortunately, it failed, but the challenge itself is interesting because it is a jump that no one has ever crossed.
This news is reporter Ha Seong-ryong.
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Hanyu tried the quadruple axel that rotates four and a half laps for the first time in the Japanese national team selection match yesterday (26th).
Axel jump, which rotates half a lap, jumps forward and lands backward, but Hanyu did almost all four 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 has ever succeeded in figure skating history.
[Lee Ho-jeong/SBS Figure Skating Commentator: Usually, up to 4 turns is the maximum number of turns that players can make. The difference in half laps is really big, so 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 seven times, and 15-year-old Russian star Baliyeva who made the four jump jump for granted in women's figure skating. making them excited.
(Video editing: Woo-Jeong Woo)