"In my life so far, I have never said absolutely what I want to do but not do to the end." When we look back at this sentence that Yusei Yushin said in an interview on the evening of December 22, after the all-day lottery ceremony, we probably have a deeper feeling!
It is true that no Yusheng has made up his mind, but he can't do it.
At 13:39 p.m. Japan time on December 23, Yusuke Yusuke successfully fell on the ice axe for the first time in the pre-match open training of the All-Day Championship!
Although it is not yet a regular race, this is already a major breakthrough in the history of human figure skating!
In fact, because of his absence due to injury this season, whether Yusuke Yusuke will challenge the 4A at the all-day championship that debuted in the season was not confirmed by himself until last night. "Will be challenged in free skating".
At noon today, it was also the first time in 8 months that Yu Yu set foot on the ice rink of the season. He tried the 4A four times in this public training session.
The transcripts of the reporters at the scene are as follows:
First Jump:
▽13:34 Confirm A jump action.
▽13:354A Bipedal falling ice.
Second Jump:
▽13:364A Bipedal falling ice.
Third jump, gap.
Fourth jump: ▽13:39 The last jump of the exercise 4A. Successfully fall on the ice!
An important moment in the history of human figure skating was born! It turns out that the jump that only exists in "fantasy" and "can't be done by anyone" can be completed in reality!
Although this 4A of Yusheng's string has not yet been completed in the main race, although even the jump that finally fell on the ice is not perfect, such an amazing height and speed, and a light posture have fully demonstrated the beauty of the limit of this jump!
If the 4A that Yu Yu yu tried in public in 2019 GPF and 2021 WTT still has some "rampage" recklessness, then the current 4A is already a work that has really been precipitated and can be carefully polished!
The post-match interview also confirmed everyone's thinking. "Today I feel in my heart that axis is the most important. Not so the number of rotation cycles. The feelings that should be done today have all been done.
In my mind, I have not yet done a turnaround week. Today I want to build the axis of jumping while confirming the feeling of the ice surface. "4A is not my jump alone, it is me who jumps 4A, but everyone is looking forward to it." Yusei yushin said this in an interview after training.
According to Yusei, "4A" may not be fully formed, that is because he thinks that the "completion" is more perfect, plus the form of entering, sliding out, and music cooperation. But for us universal people, this moment alone is enough to write the history of figure skating.
At noon on this day, at the end of the public training, he happily opened his arms and smiled to salute all the spectators. It was as if he was saying, Hey! Wait and see, I'll do it!
Figure Skating Encyclopedia: Axel Jump
Four-and-a-half jump, base score: 15 points
Axel Jump is one of six types of jumping in figure skating and figure skating, also known as the front outer point ice jump, which was first completed by Norwegian Axel Paulsen in 1882, hence the name.
Axel jumped forward and backward into the ice, and was the only figure skating jump that took off forward. Due to the different directions of taking off and falling ice, Axel jumps in the air more than half a week more than other types of jumps, so depending on the number of rotation cycles, it is also known as "one week and a half jump", "two weeks and a half jump", "three weeks and half jump" and even "four weeks and half jump".
In the ISU scoring system, Axel jumps are abbreviated as "A", the corresponding jumps are abbreviated as 1A (one and a half weeks), 2A (two and a half jumps), 3A (three weeks and a half jumps), and so on.
How hard is 4A and where is the difficulty? Because it is too "heartbreaking", no athlete has successfully jumped out so far, so even many special figure skating reporters can't explain it.
How do I jump around? First of all, a strong propulsion force is required when taking off, and after jumping, the starting direction and the direction of rotation should be precisely maintained vertically, and the muscles should be tightened during the rotation to speed up the rotation speed to resist the resistance caused by inertia. And these actions are completed in less than 1 second.
When you complete the 1440-degree rotation and land on the ground, you need to withstand an impact force equivalent to about 7 times your own body weight. A perfect circumferential jump requires jumping 20 inches above the ice surface and effectively controlling the body to rotate out of maximum speed when stuck in the air: clamping the arms as tightly as possible and tightening the body.
Love and hate intertwine around the jump
Because of the extremely demanding technical requirements of the four-way jump, the success rate of the top skaters is less than 66%. An imperfect jump around can cause ankle contusions, crushing fractures and shoulder dislocations that can be fatal to a player.
Yusheng knotted the ligament of his right foot while practicing jumping around last November. Repeated practice of jumping around can also bring about chronic diseases, so that the body accumulates stress for a long time, causing hidden damage.
When Yusei was injured last year, he practiced jumping around the hooker. Although the highest difficulty in the world is currently the four-and-a-half jump, in the case that no one has yet been able to complete the four-and-a-half jump, the hooker's four-and-a-half jump has become a "place where soldiers must fight", with a basic score of 13.6 points.
At present, no more than five players have successfully completed the hooker's four-way jump. To reach the top of the world, having a perfect high-quality hooker to jump around is like having a very important trump card.
▲ Trajectory of the Habu Knot Free Skating Competition (Photo: Joe Ward and Jeremy White/The New York Times)
In fact, when jumping around, humans need to defy the survival instinct. The speed of the body in the air reaches 400 revolutions per minute and it is always necessary to control the body, and people who are good at this type of jump need to get rid of a strong sense of self-protection to do so.
Remember that a wheel speed of 100 km / h is only 800 revolutions per minute. In addition to the physical superiority of ordinary people, the spiritual power is also superior to that of mortals.
▲ Pushshenko jumped around at the 2010 Winter Olympics
In the 2010 competition, Russia's Proshenko completed the four-week jump but lost to the United States player who had not performed the four-week jump to win the silver medal, causing the International Skating Union to increase the base score of the four-week jump.
After the score change, the score of the four-week jump is twice as high as the three-week jump of the same technology. Therefore, whether to complete the four-week jump and complete several four-week jumps has become the basic scoring focus of the men's figure skating competition.
Yusei yushin once said that in the score of the figure skating competition, he can get a near-full point score on the performance score, and if he wants to go higher, he must find a way to get the basic technical score, so adding the four-way jump that can get the highest score in the performance is the best way.
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