Adam Siao – Figure Skating backflip

Good man. Adam Siao is pushing the sport to innovate.

He defended his European title despite deliberately taking a deduction for an illegal back flip.

French figure skater Adam Siao Him Fa just did an illegal backflip in competition at the European Championships, deliberately incurring a deduction, as a flex of his confidence that he would win anyway. He did, in fact, win. pic.twitter.com/7tY2fMVAwS
— All things interesting (@interesting_aIl) January 13, 2024

Others have done it in the past — most famously Surya Bonaly from France who landed a backflip on one blade at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.

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