Kamila Valieva, the 15-year-old Russian skating phenomenon, became the first woman to land a quadruple jump in the Olympics — and the first woman to land two quads in the same program — at the Beijing Olympics on Monday. Valieva first performed a quad salchow in her free skate, then landed another quad to loop. "The only blemish on her program came when she fell on her quad toe loop late in the program, but by that point her first gold medal in Beijing was assured," The Associated Press reports.
The NBC broadcasters were effusive in their praise.
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