It’s a strategy known in figure skating as “backloading” a program. For Zagitova, that’s meant putting seven triple jumps, two double axels, and a double toe loop in the final two minutes of her four-minute free skate. But since women aren’t yet landing quads, their points strategy has to be more creative. In other words: saving difficult jumps for the end of a program isn’t entirely new. “I think it’s very obvious that I have the most difficult program in the world,” she said.

Source: Wall Street Journal February 21, 2018 11:26 UTC