Miki Ando's Quad

She lands the Quad Salchow at the 2002 Jr. Worlds. She was 15. Not the greatest, IMO it was under rotated.

People also forget she was landing thiple-triple combos like they were double-doubles.

Yes, it's underrotated, but the whole point is she had the guts to attempt it at such a young age. Miki also had been skating less than FIVE years at the time. She picked up the sport "late" in life and is truly an amazing athlete to rise the ranks so quickly as a tween.

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[happybunnyrox1]

who cares if it's not a quad? -____-

she was ONLY sixteen when she did this and did still is one of the only girls who can do one

[momoyome]

she was 15 and also she had only been skating a couple years when she attempted it. Attempting the jump is a big deal, it can really mess with you

[1cakesz]

@momoyome How can it really mess with you? I'm actual curious...

[momoyome]

@1cakesz Attempting the jump in competition is dangerous. I don't know if you skate or not. But attempting a really difficult jump can have consequences if you miss it, it can throw your whole program off and set it off on the wrong foot where you can't get the rhythm. Also in competition, you can be extra nervous so you're more apt to make mistakes you wouldn't normally make, which could result in serious injury.

[tinymavy]

It would never have been credited as a quad today. Certianly underrotated, but impressive anyway.

[AthenaPark]

4S<<, nice try though.

[filipinoICEsk8ter]

I can't even get it a half a turn. She's so good.

[IceLife1023]

she barely even punched her knee through at alll...how could she possibly rotate four times off that? waa):

[EveningFantasy]

It's not a quad. It's a triple.

[icesk8grl73]

i think if she got more height then she would have completed the rotation a little more than she did here. if you watch her practice videos today, she gets perfect height and can land them cleanly :) this was probably one of the few times she did it in competition

[momoyome]

@anubethc45 2 years ago (When I made that comment), Rachel Flatt was just starting to become established. o_o. So uh, check the date before assuming that I'm out of touch. I didn't dictate what she should do, whoa. She stopped doing them in competition because of the risk of falling and deduction. Did you check out her attempt in Torino?

[rinngohoppe]

great!!

[YunavsYuri]

@cliffordean it is too a quad. Its just slightly under roatated. So when you can do even close to a quad let us know ok dumb ass? I'm even korean and i'm not trying to dis poor miki.