French figure skater Adam Xiao Him Fa performed a prohibited move (somersault) in his free program at a tournament in Shanghai (China).
Jumping around a horizontal axis is prohibited by the rules of figure skating. However, the Frenchman won the competition with 282.80 points from two programs. He trailed second-place Korean Cha Jun-hwan by almost 28 points. Chinese Jin Boyan closed the top three with 238.33 points.
The backflip element of figure skating was banned in 1976.
Russian athletes do not participate in international competitions. At the end of February 2022, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) appealed to international sports federations, recommending that Russian and Belarusian athletes not be allowed to participate in any competitions.
At the meeting of the IOC Executive Committee on March 28, 2023, it was proposed to allow the Russians to remain in neutral status if the athletes are not actively involved in supporting military operations. The final decision on the admission of Russians to the Olympic Games has not yet been made.
Previously Tatyana Tarasova named A condition for Russian athletes to accept neutral status.