Moscow, Feb 7: Fifteen-year-old Russian skater Kamila Valieva on Monday became the first woman in Olympic history to complete a quadruple jump leading the Russian national figure skating team to the gold medal at the Beijing Games on Monday.
The United States took a silver medal and Japan won the bronze. Valieva performed a quadruple jump, four-time spinning in the air, at the beginning of her program followed by a quadruple toe loop in the combination, but then fell on another attempt at a quadruple toe loop.
Valieva is the Russian and European champion in figure skating, holding the world records in short and free program. Valieva represents Sambo-70 sports and education center and trains under the guidance of Eteri Tutberidze.
