Back flips are finally legal in Figure Skating.
Canadians Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps have become the first pair in history to incorporate a backflip into their program, a move banned by the International Skating Union until last season.
They got elite gymnast Rose Woo to coach them on the partner toss Back Flip.
Only Ilia Malinin and Adam Siao Him Fa in men’s singles have done backflips since the move was made legal.
Stellato-Dudek has not seen a female attempt one since Surya Bonaly famously executed the banned back somersault at the 1998 Olympics.
At the 2024 ISU World Figure Skating Championships in Montreal, Stellato-Dudek—at 40 years old—became the oldest woman to ever win a world title in any figure skating discipline.
She has no plans to retire after the 2026 Olympics, by the way. 😀
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