First of all, No skater has done 7 triples in 7 passes - not Rachael, not Tara, not Kwan, not Ando, - Nobody. The reason is simple. The ISU has never required or allowed any skater to make 7 separate passes and do one triple in each of them. In each and every case, at least 2 triples was done in combination,
Yes, if there were repeat triples (and there would have to be for 7 triples since the Zayak rule came in 1983), some of the triples would legally have to be done in combination. But they could be in combination with double toe on the end, for example, so each triple would be in a separate jumping pass. There was and is no
requirement to do two of the triples in combination with each other.
If there were a total of seven jumping passes, then either there was no axel jump, one of the triples was a triple axel, or one of the triples was in combination or sequence with a single or double axel.
Under the current IJS rules, seven jumping passes is the maximum for ladies, and some sort of axel jump is required.
and other "passes" had maybe double axles or other triple-triple combinations. But let me repeat - no skater has ever done 7 separate "passes" and done ONE triple jump in each of them. Programs have never been constructed that way.
I'd have to search for examples to see if anyone has done what was asked in this thread. But it certainly could be allowed.
I see what you are saying, though. A double Axel has always been a requirement.
No, double axel has never been required in the long program (and has always been required in the short
).
In the old system, the rules said nothing about double axels.
Under IJS, the well-balanced program rules for the LP require "an axel-type jump." Most junior and senior ladies fill that requirement with one or more double axels. But single or triple axels would also meet the requirement.
[/quote]But wait. You could do 6 solo triples and a 2A+3T combo. Seven in seven! (Did Akiko do something like that this year?)[/QUOTE]
That would work only if one of the 6 solo triples was a 3A. Otherwise you'd have to repeat a solo triple. To make it legal, you'd have to at least add a 2T on the end.
Of course skaters do sometimes repeat triples without adding the combination. It isn't legal, and there are rules in place to penalize it.
Hypothetical examples:
Under the 6.0 rules, 1983-2004, the following would be a legal ladies' jump layout:
3Lz+2T
3F
3Lo
3Lz
3T+2T
3T
3S
Seven jump passes, seven triples, two repeats properly done in combination. No axel jump, but that wasn't a requirement.
Nor was there a requirement to limit the number of jump passes. So many ladies did indeed include jump layouts much like the above and also added a double axel.
Under the current rules, the following would be legal jump layouts:
3Lz-2T-2Lo
3Lz
3F+2A+SEQ
3F
3Lo
3S
3T+2T
(Seven triples of five different kinds, each in a separate jumping pass, one of the passes filling both the axel requirement and the requirement to perform one of the repeated flips in a combo or sequence)
3Lz
3F
1A+3S (one-foot axel)
3Lo+2Lo
3S
3T+2T
3Lo
(Seven triples of five different kinds, each in a separate jumping pass, one of the passes filling both the axel requirement, with a single axel landed on the other foot, and the requirement to perform one of the repeated salchows in combo or sequence)
3A
3Lz-2T-2T
3Lz
3F
3Lo
3T+2T
3S-2Lo
(Seven triples of six different kinds, each in a separate jumping pass; 3A is one of the triples and fills the axel requirement)
)
on her way to winning 1990 Worlds.
