Vladislav Dikidzhi lands quad Axel

Vladislav Dikidzhi (Владислав Дикиджи) of Russia lands quad Axel in practice on March 7, 2024. The 19-year-old is coached by Oleg Tataurov and is currently the national silver medalist.

[@thulekovish8188]

Has he landed a QA in competition yet? Practice is one thing but a competitive performance is a very different matter. Dikidzhi looks like a strong skater though.

[@Amethystemiller]

This is his very first attempt, in practice yes. Maybe we can see quad a the next season.

[@bryanthomas1495]

Beautiful jump and a very handsome sexy skater. Too bad Putin is committing war crimes so Russia can’t compete.

[@DaveCalungsod]

I can't😂😂😂😂

[@L1623VP]

Check it out by reducing the video speed. He's clearly 3/4 of a rotation pre-rotated on the takeoff and at least 1/4 under-rotated on the landing. He's only doing 3.5 rotations OFF the ice. In essence, he's only doing a triple Axel, not a quad Axel.

[@Amethystemiller]

This is his very first attempt, he may have improved it since. Malinin and his team commented on the news, it must be good enough for them.

[@L1623VP]

@@Amethystemiller I think they're monitoring Ilia's potential competition, which is what a skater's training team is supposed to do.

[@Sk8FraSchTheEnd]

Malinin's bigger and here he comes to a stop and his blade switch a little before jumping

[@rained5757]

Malinin is a year ahead on them. By the time Russia returns to international skating, could be a different picture.

[@Sk8FraSchTheEnd]

@@rained5757 and he's landing them since more than a year. And not only in practice...

[@irab9891]

Дикиджи впервые попробовал этот прыжок. Прыгнул со второй попытки

[@bounty1313]

Набежали обиженки. Как же им фривольно без нас на соревнованиях. Боятся. И правильно делают.

[@sssssanaaa]

@@bounty1313испугались, что и наши без международки делают сложнейшие элементы, а выйдут когда, то будут побеждать

[@wkim22]

Why do I feel like Eteri girls are soon gonna jump 4A. For sure fans of skaters who could barely fully rotate a "triple" would be mad. Then would talk about their imaginary ISU rules that doesn't exist in the official handbook.lol

[@lontrine6947]

Just WOW!!! Wanna see this guy at international competitions as soon as possible. Malinin vs Dikidzhi would be 🔥🔥🔥 ISU, please 🙏🏻

[@jakobmax3299]

Nah, not gonna happen soon. But i can definetly see them meeting up for a side by side 4a.

[@Moretowers]

Congrats!

[@dontforgetmashekels9005]

Very prerotated and under

[@EnzoFoove]

but actually not

[@ninisov4888]

This is his 1st 4A. This is his first attempt

[@L1623VP]

Definitely. If you slow the video speed down, it's clear he's easily 3/4 of a rotation pre-rotated on takeoff and at least 1/4 under-rotated on landing. In reality, he's only doing 3.5 rotations off the ice. This is a triple Axel, not a quad Axel. He'd never get away with this in international competition.