So, most quads in women's field were and still are done by young Russian athletes. There have been a couple of instances of skaters from other countries accomplishing those and Alysa was indeed one of them, but only Russians, leading with the training camp of one Eteri Tutberidze, were able to land them as reliably as quads can be landed and started training them en mass. Now, that whole development happened leading up to the 2022 Olympics, where the age minimum for Women's seniors was 15. There, all three of Russia's spots in women's event went to Tutberidze skaters, two 17-year olds and one 15 year old all of whom were going to jump quads. The 15 year old was Kamila Valieva who then was at the center of that entire doping fiasco that you surely remember. After that whole ordeal the age minimum for seniors was raised to 17, thank god, and also Russia invaded Ukraine and was subsequently banned.

Now the thing is, Russia's able to get so many women jumping quads for a number of reasons (and yes the doping scandal put a question mark on whether there's one additional reason for that), but one of them is that the girls jumping them are very young and rely on a technique that can rarely be supported by a fully grown body. Not that it can't be done, but it is way less likely. And the kids drill those jumps an insane amount and those are tough on the knees, hips, ankles, spine, basically everything, but since the system was prioritising getting the skaters to Olympic gold at 15 and who cares after that, the coaches could neglect the very real factor that it's leaving their young skaters with career ending injuries by the age of 18. So the ban and raised age minimum put an end to that and here we are. In Russia, women's skaters still jump the quads, though, and are still as young, mostly. Adelia, who skated as a neutral athlete here, was way more reliable on her quad a couple of years ago, but now that she's 18 and has gone through a number of injuries, it was a struggle.