2025 World Figure Skating Championships

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Four year fan here but I did watch some of the men’s long. When did cartwheels become a thing in figure skating?

It's from a new rule. For a spin to receive level four, it must include a feature from a mandatory feature list. Creative spin exit is a mandatory feature. So skaters are doing jumps and cartwheels out of spins to get level four base value.