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I think so far it looks like that, but I don't see why it's true. Unless you need to be so light that you can get that much higher to rotate 4 times. But IMO the issue is our technique, not our skaters' sizes.[/quote]

The challenge is to find a sweet spot where you are strong enough to push off and rotate AND light enough to do it.  Add to this that children are learning jumps early, very early, way too early to develop muscle mass.

It's true that there HAVE been women who had their triple axels (like Tonya and Midori) who were...not thin by skating standards.  But none of them had it consistently.  It's just hard.  It's a very tough sport.  A skater landing a triple jump comes down with a force 12 times higher than a basketball player from a dunk, and she does it on a surface with zero cushioning.  It's also a sport that like other sports, have got progressively more challenging technically, but unlike other sports, it did not get safer.  There are no uniforms or pads or helmets for skaters - because looks are a part of the game.  When a pair skater tumbles from a lift, she hits the ice with an unprotected head.  [/quote]

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