Kamila Valieva made history as she completed her — and Russia’s — dominant charge towards the team figure skating event gold medal.
The 15-year-old sensation became the first woman to land a quad in the Olympics. A few moments later, for good measure, she then became the first to do it twice.
Valieva opened her performance with a quad salchow before landing a triple axel. She followed with her second quad shortly after. She scored 178.92 points, netting Russia 74 points to clinch the gold medal — its second in three editions of the team event.
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