Figure skater Kamila Valieva just made history at the 2022 Beijing Games. During her team-event [4] free skate, Valieva became the first woman to successfully land a quad jump [5] at the Olympics, a huge feat to go along with the 15-year-old's first Olympic medal (a team-event gold, naturally). And in true Valieva fashion, she didn't stop at just one quad — she went ahead and landed two in her spirited free skate [6], only falling on her third and final attempt.

It's worth noting that while Valieva is the first woman to land a quad at the Olympics, she's not the first to attempt one; that would be French skater Surya Bonaly, who tried but failed to land a quad in the 1992 Olympics. Of course, we're used to seeing Valieva (and her Russian teammates) land quads with ease, so it might come as something of a surprise that she's the first woman to land one on Olympic ice. It's easy to forget how much women's figure skating has progressed, from a technical standpoint, in the last four years. But Valieva, the world-record holder in the women's short program [7], made the most of her chance to make history by nailing two out of three quads in a lovely free skate set to "Bolero" by Maurice Ravel.

Valieva's achievement just adds to the celebration for Team ROC, which won their second-ever team-event Olympic gold (and third medal overall) on the back of her stellar programs [8]. Team USA earned the silver [9], improving on two consecutive team bronzes, and Team Japan brought home its first team-event medal with the bronze. As for Valieva, this isn't the last we'll see of her; she's the favorite for gold in the individual women's event [10] as well.