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- Nov 12, 2009
Then why is it that some of the greatest female jumpers in the history of the sport, Midori, Tonya, and Irina were hardly small and thin?
Midori and Irina were pretty small, and Irina especially was pretty tiny. Also these skaters were pretty short, and I feel shorter skaters are generally sturdier but even so they don't weigh much. For example, online it says Rachael Flatt, Miki Ando, Mao Asada, and Mirai Nagasu all weigh 110 pounds and yet they all have different builds and are different heights. Rachael is strong, Mao is a waif, and Miki and Mirai are somewhere in between, but their weights are all the same so jumping wise I'm not sure how much of a difference it makes (same gravitational force right?), especially considering the height difference between the tallest and shortest skater of the group is less than 3 inches.