Who was the first?

[thisthingcalledlove]

IIRC, Nation's Cup and Grand Prix Final, 1998-99. Maybe clean only at the final.

Dan Hollander did the first one at the sectionals in 1997.

Luan Bo and Bin Yao were the first Chinese pairs to skate in the world championships, in 1980. (It's amazing to me how YOUNG Bin Yao still looks! Glynn Watts, who is from the same era, looks...not as young)

 

[Antilles]

Naomi Lang was the first Native American woman to compete in an Olympics (in any sport).

I don't know when Orser landed the first axel combo. Canadian broadcasters have mentioned it, but they could be wrong, or stretching the truth (since no one seems to have a concrete date for it).

I think Jayson Denommee landed a first triple-triple combo of some sort a couple of years back. I think the second jump was a loop.

Sandu did get the first triple-triple-triple. They were all toes loops, so he could only do that in a pro-am. The Zayak rule would keep him from doing it in regular competition.

 

[hongligl]

Zhang/Zhang from China, first quadual twist in competition and successful, Junior World(don't remember which year, they might have taken the gold that year too)

Shen/Zhao, first to attempt a quadual Salchow in Olympic competition, she actually land it for a short period of time. I wonder if it should be consider a successful throw jump followed by a fall.

 

[millie]

Mao Asada, youngest girl to do a triple axel in 2005 Junior World Figure Skating Championship. I watched her do it today on CBC. It was perfect.

 

[Ladskater]

At the 1948 World Championships, pair team Suzanne Morrow and Wallace Distelmeyer (from Canada) performed the first low death spiral in international competition.



http://www.skatecanada.ca/en/about_skate_canada/hall_of_fame/honoured_members/1992.cfm

 

[lotusland]

I was looking for the "first" info on something altogether different and came across this story. Enjoy!

http://tinyurl.com/4j4pn

 

[Mathman]

Nice article. Thanks.

BTW, I noticed that you were searching for "skater bites medal,"

MM

 

[mpal2]

I can't get the link to load. What's the article about?

 

[thisthingcalledlove]

I can't get the link to load. What's the article about?

Mabel Fairbanks =)

Duhamel and Arnold just landed the first ever throw triple lutz in competition at the Junior World Championships (it was ratified)

 

[lotusland]

I forgot to clear the field, but since you noticed ....

Does anyone remember, or know, what skater was the first to be photographed simulating biting their medal? The first one I can remember is a pretty famous picture of Elizabeth Manley biting her silver medal at the 1988 Calgary Olympics.

 

[Antilles]

Duhamel and Arnold also landed the first side by side triple lutzes at Canadians this year. Nice list of firsts for such a new team.

 

[STL_Blues_fan]

Duhamel and Arnold also landed the first side by side triple lutzes at Canadians this year. Nice list of firsts for such a new team.

Didn't John and Rena perform side by side triple lutz at one of the Grand Prix meets?

Yana

 

[Hikaru]

Zhang/Zhang from China, first quadual twist in competition and successful, Junior World(don't remember which year, they might have taken the gold that year too)

Shen/Zhao, first to attempt a quadual Salchow in Olympic competition, she actually land it for a short period of time. I wonder if it should be consider a successful throw jump followed by a fall.

I agree. Xue landed the quad and held the landing for like 4 feet, and then fell. She did not fall while landing the throw... I would consider it a good throw quad sal, like you said, follow by a fall because she lost balance, but technically she did landed it imo

 

[Mathman]

Does anyone remember, or know, what skater was the first to be photographed simulating biting their medal? The first one I can remember is a pretty famous picture of Elizabeth Manley biting her silver medal at the 1988 Calgary Olympics.

Not the first, but here's one

http://galleries.news24.com/sport/Olympics2002/day7/pages/02.htm

MM

 

[JonnyCoop]

Shen/Zhao, first to attempt a quadual Salchow in Olympic competition, she actually land it for a short period of time. I wonder if it should be consider a successful throw jump followed by a fall.

It is rather interesting to me how inconsistent "ratification" of jumps seems to be in the ISU. I remember that attempt, and as far as I'm concerned, she did LAND it. And basically quite well, too, till she lost the edge. Certainly it was a more legitimate clean landing than Vern Taylor's triple axel in 78 and Browning's quad in 88, and definitely better than Meissner's alleged "triple axel" in Portland. Meanwhile, Michael Weiss has landed quads that were actually landed BETTER than Browning's, but none of his ever seem to count. Go figure.

 

[hongligl]

It is rather interesting to me how inconsistent "ratification" of jumps seems to be in the ISU. I remember that attempt, and as far as I'm concerned, she did LAND it. And basically quite well, too, till she lost the edge. Certainly it was a more legitimate clean landing than Vern Taylor's triple axel in 78 and Browning's quad in 88, and definitely better than Meissner's alleged "triple axel" in Portland. Meanwhile, Michael Weiss has landed quads that were actually landed BETTER than Browning's, but none of his ever seem to count. Go figure.

That's why I think COP make more sense. At least we know how an element is judged.

 

[SingAlto]

Does anyone remember, or know, what skater was the first to be photographed simulating biting their medal? The first one I can remember is a pretty famous picture of Elizabeth Manley biting her silver medal at the 1988 Calgary Olympics.

This one's from the 1986 World Championships:

skater biting medal

But he probably wasn't the first to do it, either.

 

[Susan B]

Zhang/Zhang from China, first quadual twist in competition and successful, Junior World(don't remember which year, they might have taken the gold that year too)

Gordeeva & Grinkov completed quad twists at 1986 Skate Canada, 1987 Europeans and 1987 Worlds. I actually have video clips of these, if anyone would like to see.

Cherkasova & Shakrai are said to have completed the first quad twist in competition at Europeans in 1977, and another at Worlds in 1978. Unfortunately, I don't have clips of those. Does anyone?

Susan

 

[JonnyCoop]

First woman to judge at a Worlds:

Mollie Phillips, Great Britain, 1947.

(Apparently the ISU wouldn't let women judge international competition up until then because the comps were all outdoors and 'ladies have such delicate sinuses' or some such.... )

 

[Matt]

Annette Dytrt is the first woman to win Nationals (I believe) in three different countries: Czech Republic, Germany, and France (the French allow guest skaters from other countries to compete at their Nationals. Dytrt entered and won)