On the morning of February 10, in the free skating final of the men's single skating at the Beijing Winter Olympics, Japan's Yu Yusuke challenged Axel (4A) to finish his third Winter Olympics in fourth place.
Chinese network immediately circulated "Yusheng knot string 4A was recognized by the International Skating Federation", "Yusheng knot string 4A was not identified by the International Skating Federation" and other hot searches, "there is evidence" also verified the relevant claims.
On February 11, the International Skating Union (ISU) replied to a well-documented question about whether the International Skating Federation has made its first determination of Axel's four-sided jump with feathers, saying:
"Based on the referee's detailed score, the jump was not rotated enough and was therefore not recognized. （According to the detailed Judges scores the jump was under rotated, therefore it was not ratified.）”
1, What is the situation of the 4A score of Yusheng Knot String?
On the referee's score list after the game, the words "4A<" appeared in the action of Yu Yusei, which means that the number of weeks is missing, and it is judged to be under-rotation, and the base score is 10 points.
According to the International Skating Union Announcement 2254 Single and Pair Skating 2019/20 Action Difficulty Conditions and GOE Scoring Criteria, if the words "4A<<" appear, it means relegation.
Yu Yu first challenged the 4A in the Japanese Championships (not an official ISU event) in December 2021, but only completed three and a half weeks due to less than two-legged ice spins. At the time, his move was judged to be "downgraded" and evaluated in terms of a 3A base score (8.0).
2. What are the behind-the-scenes considerations for Yusheng's challenge to 4A?
According to Kyodo News Agency reported on February 11, in order to achieve a historic reversal, during the formal practice the day before the competition (February 9), Yu Yu's expression was extremely serious. After trying the super difficult 4A, he fell heavily and frequently paid attention to the condition of his right ankle. Relevant sources revealed that at that time, Yusheng was sprained and took painkillers before he could play in an official game. In the predicament of losing consciousness on his right foot, Yusei cheered himself up and said, "I can definitely jump Axel, I must be able to complete the rotation", and slide into the ice rink.
After the start of the game on February 10, 4A was choreographed in the opening section. This time, Yusei revised the pre-jumping route at the Japan Championships in December last year, when he first challenged, and adopted a straight-line running with a longer distance. He took off in silence, but fell to the ground, his body crashing into the ice.
Kyodo News Agency disclosed that the reason why Yusei challenged the highest difficulty 4A, which is known as the "ultimate move", and frequent injuries such as his right ankle were also one of the reasons. In order to defeat the American athlete Chen Wei, the "king of the four-week jump" who is good at high-difficulty four-and-a-half jumps, Yu Sheng could also choose the hooker four-and-a-half jump whose basic score is not much different from the immature four-and-a-half jump, and strive to improve the degree of completion. However, the two jumps, including the rear inner point ice jump, are the right foot tip point ice, the right foot hit the ground, the relevant person said: "(continuously) the body can not eat." Yusei's plan is to consider the state of the body and decide the winner with the 4A he aspires to.
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