{"id":64581,"date":"2026-02-09T15:04:26","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T15:04:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/the-evolution-of-the-quad-ice-skatings-most-daring-jump\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T15:04:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T15:04:26","slug":"the-evolution-of-the-quad-ice-skatings-most-daring-jump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/the-evolution-of-the-quad-ice-skatings-most-daring-jump\/","title":{"rendered":"The evolution of the quad, ice skating&#8217;s most daring jump"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>The scariest jump in ice skating requires your shoulders, hips, knees and feet to be in perfect alignment.<\/p>\n<p>All of your body weight must be concentrated because it&#8217;s the only way to build enough power to complete at least four full revolutions in the air and land backwards on one blade. Everything happens in less than a second.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Your legs are on fire,&#8221; said Timothy Goebel, the first skater to land three quads in one program, which earned him an <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/most-olympic-medals-all-time-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Olympic<\/a><\/span> bronze in 2002.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Your lungs are screaming at you, like your body is just wrecked,&#8221; Goebel said. &#8220;You have to have that jump so ingrained in your muscle memory, but it&#8217;s also a lot of mental fortitude.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s called a quadruple jump, or quad for short, and while it&#8217;s still redefining women&#8217;s figure skating, it&#8217;s become a necessity in the men&#8217;s programs.<\/p>\n<p>The more advanced sibling to the quad is a quad axel, which requires a forward-facing takeoff and a full four-and-a-half revolutions in the air. <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/ilia-malinin-amber-glenn-us-olympics-figure-skating-team-event-result\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Ilia Malinin,<\/a><\/span> who already helped to lead the U.S. to gold in the team event at the 2026 <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/2026-winter-olympics-athletes-to-watch\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Winter Olympics<\/a><\/span>, is the only skater ever to land a quad axel in competition when he stunned the 2022 crowd at the U.S. International Figure Skating Classic.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/09\/5bb18175-c586-4dd9-8571-a88335b83e40\/thumbnail\/620x819\/13a010b2cb7869615abc027a224a5b5e\/gettyimages-2260690672.jpg#\" alt=\"Ilia Malinin skating at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics \" height=\"819\" width=\"620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/09\/5bb18175-c586-4dd9-8571-a88335b83e40\/thumbnail\/620x819\/13a010b2cb7869615abc027a224a5b5e\/gettyimages-2260690672.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/09\/5bb18175-c586-4dd9-8571-a88335b83e40\/thumbnail\/1240x1638\/d63b0951114af6d67a32a2e3e069d522\/gettyimages-2260690672.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">American skater Ilia Malinin \u2014 known as the &#8220;Quad God&#8221;\u2014 competes at the 2026 Winter Olympic on Feb. 8, 2026 in Milan, Italy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Jamie Squire \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;I never thought I would see one in competition,&#8221; Goebel said. &#8220;The fact that he can do a quad axel almost every day in practice with relative ease is mind-blowing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Patrick Blackwell, a 2026 U.S. Junior Men&#8217;s National Champion, already performs multiple quads in competition. He uses a pole harness, like most skaters, to practice the quads he hasn&#8217;t yet mastered. It&#8217;s a lot of falling over and over again in the pursuit of greatness.<\/p>\n<p>But Blackwell has one thing on his side that Goebel didn&#8217;t: analytics.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What they do is measure your height, your rotational speed and variations in any patterns that they can see in the jumps,&#8221; Blackwell explained.<\/p>\n<p>No matter how it&#8217;s achieved, the quad is now critical in men&#8217;s competition, and it will surely be on display during the Milano Cortina Games.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Goebel said it was crucial to his bronze medal win.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For me, in 2002, it was no quad, no medal, full stop,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>And now?<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No quad, no top ten!&#8221; Goebel laughed. &#8220;The standard has risen from 2002, and I think that&#8217;s overwhelmingly a positive.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>When asked how he feels about how far it could go, though, Goebel was measured.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think that&#8217;s the exciting part about sport and about the whole Olympic movement,&#8221; he said. &#8220;But I think we&#8217;re close to that bound of\u00a0 like, tapping out the human ability.&#8221;<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"chartbeat\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation  component--type-recirculation-collection\">\n<div class=\"component__heading-wrapper recirc\">\n<h3 class=\"component__title\">Milan Winter Olympics 2026<br \/>\n                          <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/feature\/milan-winter-olympics-2026\/?intcid=CNI-00-10aaa3a\" class=\"component__view-more component__view-more--lg\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\"><br \/>\n                More<br \/>\n                <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" class=\"icon__caret-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n                  <use xlink:href=\"#icon-caret-down\"\/>\n                <\/svg><br \/>\n              <\/a><br \/>\n                      <\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"component__item-recirc-block\">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">Go deeper with The Free Press<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n      <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__tags\">\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/the-evolution-of-the-quad-skatings-most-daring-jump\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The scariest jump in ice skating requires your shoulders, hips, knees and feet to be in perfect alignment. 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