Alina Ilnazovna Zagitova is a Russian former competitive figure skater, born in 2002 in Izhevsk, Udmurtia, who won the gold medal in ladies' singles at the 2018 Winter Olympics at age fifteen, becoming the second-youngest Olympic champion in the discipline's history, and set the historical world record score in the women's short program at those Games. She went on to win the 2019 World Championship, the 2018 European Championship and the 2017-18 Grand Prix Final, and became only the second women's singles skater after Yuna Kim to complete a Super Slam of every major International Skating Union title at junior and senior level. Her strategy of placing all her jumps in the second half of her programs to maximize scoring led the sport's governing body to introduce what became known as the Zagitova rule limiting the practice, and she has stepped back from competition since the 2019-20 season to work in television hosting and commentary.
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Career HighlightHaving won all major International Skating Union (ISU) Championship titles at the junior and senior levels, Zagitova is the youngest and second women's singles skater, after Yuna Kim, to have completed a Super Slam. 1 Classification
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What is the Zagitova rule?
An unofficial name for the ISU limit on jumps that earn the second-half base value bonus.
The Zagitova rule is the unofficial name for a rule the International Skating Union introduced to limit the number of jumps that can receive the base value bonus. Alina Zagitova was known for back-loading her programs, which means she performed all her jumps in the second half, where jumps earn a bonus on their base value.
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Alina Ilnazovna Zagitova (%5B%5BWikipedia%3ATemplates+for+discussion%2FLog%2F2025+April+17%23Template%3ALang-rus%5D%5D{{{CRITERION}}}</noinclude>Russian: Алина Ильназовна Загитова, IPA: [ɐˈlʲinə zɐˈɡʲitəvə]; born 18 May 2002) is a Russian former competitive figure skater.
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born 18 May 2002) is a Russian former competitive figure skater.
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is a Russian former competitive figure skater.
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Having won all major International Skating Union (ISU) Championship titles at the junior and senior levels, Zagitova is the youngest and second women's singles skater, after Yuna Kim, to have completed a Super Slam.
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Alina Ilnazovna Zagitova (Russian: Алина Ильназовна Загитова, IPA: [ɐˈlʲinə zɐˈɡʲitəvə]; born 18 May 2002) is a Russian former competitive figure skater.
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Alina Ilnazovna Zagitova (%5B%5BWikipedia%3ATemplates+for+discussion%2FLog%2F2025+April+17%23Template%3ALang-rus%5D%5D{}</noinclude>Russian: Алина Ильназовна Загитова, IPA: [ɐˈlʲinə zɐˈɡʲitəvə]; born 18 May 2002) is a Russian former competitive figure skater.
Competed In: 2018 Winter Olympics, lead paragraph, competed-in
She also won a silver medal in the team event at the 2018 Winter Olympics.
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