Follow our latest coverage of the 2022 Winter Olympics. In figure skating at the Beijing Games, Russia is just getting started. At least that’s what the Russian skaters said on Monday after winning the team figure skating competition behind the performance of the 15-year-old phenomenon Kamila Valieva. Valieva’s history-making free skate on Monday included the first two quadruple jumps landed by a woman at an Olympics. When asked how it felt to win the team gold medal and make history with her quads, Valieva noted that she had also landed a triple axel, another uncommon and difficult jump in women’s skating.

Source: New York Times February 07, 2022 22:37 UTC