Two Quads in his free program. Respect.
… though his 11-point lead was so big he could have won without them on Thursday, he held nothing back once the music started, landing a quadruple toe loop to open and following that up with a quadruple toe-triple toe combination.
The rest was nearly as eye-catching, the only obvious blemish a stumble out of a triple axel midway through his program set to music from “Phantom of the Opera” by Andrew Lloyd Webber. His point total of 187.96 points was a world record …
Click PLAY or watch his Short Program on YouTube.
I know gymnastics coaches who would prefer to compete in Tokyo (rather than have it moved to Moscow) for the Gymnastics World Championships. Is there really any problem with Moscow?
Russia has mystique.
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