ON THIN ICE IN BEIJING
THE world watched in awe as she performed one of the most technically difficult manoeuvres in figure skating: a quadruple jump, spinning through the air like a glittering top and landing on the ice with seemingly effortless grace.
And Kamila Valieva performed the feat not once but twice, helping her team secure first place at the Beijing Winter Olympics.
Valieva, just 15 and regarded as the one of the finest figure skaters in recent history, became the first woman in the annals of the competition to nail the gravity-defying move.
