For me, I'm only talking about the 3R jump as the backhalf of a 3/3R combo., that's it. And none, except Tara Lipinski, qualify as having mastered it, meaning fully rotated. Not Miki, not Irina, not Mao, not Sarah, not Adelina, not Yuna, not any female skater, especially those skating today. 50/50 doesn't cut it; mastered means at least 70% of the time. And IIRC most coaches won't even allow their skater to put such a jump/combo. into their repertoire unless they have an 80% or above sucess rate of doing it in practice.
It cost Tara a hip, but she's not the only one whom paid a high price for figure skating hardware, plenty of others have lost a hip as well, and I'm pretty sure they would say it was well worth it. Jmho.
For me, it just proves what an extremely difficult combination the 3R as the backhalf of a 3/3R combo. is, which is why one doesn't see it very often anymore, because more often than naught a female skater cannot fully rotate the backhalf of the 3R part. Hats off when they do so, and especially the one that can do so on a consistent basis.
ps: and I give them all props for trying, even though it's no cigar.
It cost Tara a hip, but she's not the only one whom paid a high price for figure skating hardware, plenty of others have lost a hip as well, and I'm pretty sure they would say it was well worth it. Jmho.
For me, it just proves what an extremely difficult combination the 3R as the backhalf of a 3/3R combo. is, which is why one doesn't see it very often anymore, because more often than naught a female skater cannot fully rotate the backhalf of the 3R part. Hats off when they do so, and especially the one that can do so on a consistent basis.
ps: and I give them all props for trying, even though it's no cigar.
