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People Are Just Discovering Figure-Skating Backflips Are Illegal

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Published 15:19 15 Feb 2022 GMT

People Are Just Discovering Figure-Skating Backflips Are Illegal

Did you know this?

Lucy Devine

Lucy Devine

With the Winter Olympics in full swing, the world has witnessed some incredible figure skating, with spectacular lifts and jaw-dropping jumps.

But did you know that some moves are actually illegal on the ice?

Yup, the International Skating Union (ISU) has made a number of moves illegal, for safety reasons, and if competitors do happen to perform a move, they'll unfortunately be deducted two points.

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Some moves are illegal on the ice (
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In figure skating, somersault jumps - for example backflips, or jumps which involve your legs going over your head - are banned, as well as lifts that aren't hand to hand, hand to arm, or hand to body.

Meanwhile in ice dance, other illegal moves include sitting on a partner's head; standing on a partner's shoulders; the headbanger - which involves a skater being picked up by the ankle and spun around by their partner - and lying on the ice.

Some athletes have attempted the moves over the years, for example, French figure skater Surya Bonaly, who attempted a quad jump at the 1992 Olympics. She later went on to do a backflip in the middle of the 1998 Olympics.

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You can watch a clip below:

“I wanted to do something to please the crowd, not the judges,” she said afterwards, according to the Miami Herald.

“The judges are not pleased no matter what I do, and I knew I couldn’t go forward anyway, because everybody was skating so good.”

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Speaking about it years later, Surya told the Root: “That was my last Olympics, and pretty much my last competition ever. I wanted to leave a trademark.”

Did you know that some moves are actually illegal on the ice? (
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People are still shocked that the backflip is actually illegal in figure skating, with one person writing on Twitter: "Holy sh*t the backflip was illegal in skating which makes Surya Bonaly that much more of a badass and icon."

While another said: "Iconic! She was really the one and should have recognised for her excellence at the Olympics."

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You can hear more about Surya's incredible story in Netflix doc, Losers.

Featured Image Credit: Alamy

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Lucy Devine
Lucy Devine

Lucy is a journalist working for Tyla. After graduating with a master's degree in journalism, she has worked in both print and online and is particularly interested in fashion, food, health and women's issues. Northerner, coffee addict, says hun a lot.

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