bardtoob
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Was Mirai the first? I know she was the first at the Olympics? Did Tonya do it at 1991 Nationals?
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I can't say for certain, but I'm going to guess it was a lady who somewhere along the way, pre-IJS, didn't count right and repeated too many triples.
Elena Sokolova had a crazy 1998 jump layout - 3Lo+3T, 3S+Eu+3Lo, endless attempts at 3Lz it seemed like, but surely never landed all of them cleanly.
Laetitia Hubert probably had 8 triples planned in 1992 considering she was trying 3T+3T and then a solo 3T, but don't remember off the top of my head. She, too, certainly never had a clean 8-triple free skate. There have also been talks that the Zayak rule may have been much more lenient/ not applied to cases of a 3T+3T and then solo 3T back then.
Michael Weiss and Alexei Yagudinalso did 8 triples did 9 triples (corrected after pointed out below) at some point in their careers - against the 6.0 rules.
Harding's '91 Nationals showcase only had 7 triples, she only repeated the 3T as a 3+3.
Elena Sokolova had a crazy 1998 jump layout - 3Lo+3T, 3S+Eu+3Lo, endless attempts at 3Lz it seemed like, but surely never landed all of them cleanly.
Laetitia Hubert probably had 8 triples planned in 1992 considering she was trying 3T+3T and then a solo 3T, but don't remember off the top of my head. She, too, certainly never had a clean 8-triple free skate. There have also been talks that the Zayak rule may have been much more lenient/ not applied to cases of a 3T+3T and then solo 3T back then.
Michael Weiss and Alexei Yagudin
Harding's '91 Nationals showcase only had 7 triples, she only repeated the 3T as a 3+3.
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Erin
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In a weird coincidence, the other day I came across another thread from a couple years ago where @rosewood pointed out that Rika Kihira was likely the first woman to do 8 fully rotated, clean triples without breaking the Zayak rule, at the JGP Ljubljana in 2016:
And Mirai Nagasu was the first at the Olympics. Mao Asada came close in 2014, but had two underrotations.
And Mirai Nagasu was the first at the Olympics. Mao Asada came close in 2014, but had two underrotations.
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meggonzo
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Why would this be against the rules if they did 6 different triples and repeated 2?
Sorry, 9 triples*
And off the top of my head, I think Yagudin did this at 1998 Skate America (and maybe elsewhere) and Weiss at 2000 Nationals.
Brenda_Bottems
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I believe you wandered into the wrong thread,my dear. Perhaps you meant to post those thoughts in the "Forgotten 1990s Scrub Skaters" topic?
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