--- title: Vincent Zhou Makes Olympics History With Quadruple Lutz description: The Internet was proud to see Vincent Zhou, a 17-year-old first-time Olympian for making history with the first quad lutz at the Olympics. canonical: https://time.com/5161971/vincent-zhou-makes-history-quad-lutz-winter-olympics/ author: Abigail Abrams article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-02-16T03:07:40.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:50:41.825Z og:title: Vincent Zhou Just Made History By Landing a Quadruple Lutz og:description: The Internet is absolutely losing it og:url: https://time.com/5161971/vincent-zhou-makes-history-quad-lutz-winter-olympics/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaccbd58f185c7743/698927db4ee26239bd310e95/gettyimages-918781198.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Figure Skating - Winter Olympics Day 7 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Vincent Zhou Just Made History By Landing a Quadruple Lutz twitter:description: The Internet is absolutely losing it twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaccbd58f185c7743/698927db4ee26239bd310e95/gettyimages-918781198.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # America's Vincent Zhou Makes History by Landing a Quadruple Lutz at the Olympics by [Abigail Abrams](/author/abigail-abrams/) ## Abigail Abrams Feb 16, 2018 3:07 AM CUT  Vincent Zhou of the United States competes during the Men's Single Skating Short Program at Gangneung Ice Arena on February 16, 2018 in Gangneung, South Korea. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images) Vincent Zhou of the United States competes during the Men's Single Skating Short Program at Gangneung Ice Arena on February 16, 2018 in Gangneung, South Korea. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)Ronald Martinez—Getty Images by [Abigail Abrams](/author/abigail-abrams/) ## Abigail Abrams Feb 16, 2018 3:07 AM CUT First-time American Olympian [Vincent Zhou](http://time.com/5155831/vincent-zhou-twitter-feud/?iid=sr-link9 "undefined") became the first figure skater to land a quad lutz in any [Olympic Games](http://time.com/4932670/2018-winter-olympics-when-where/ "undefined") when he nailed the jump at the opening of his short program. The 17-year-old was one of three skaters set to try the quad lutz in their short program, according to the [Associated Press](http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/international/ct-olympics-vincent-zhou-figure-skating-quad-lutz-20180215-story.html "undefined"). It is considered one of the [most difficult jumps](http://time.com/5131773/guide-figure-skating-jumps-olympics/ "undefined") that skaters currently perform at the Olympics. He is the youngest member of Team USA in PyeongChang, and is off to a successful start in his debut Olympic competition. His [score of 84.53](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/15/sports/olympics/figure-skating-yuzuru-hanyu-nathan-chen.html?mtrref=undefined&mtrref=www.nytimes.com&gwh=92771C7A0D770AAFEF2A88FFAC4B2D4D&gwt=pay "undefined") will likely put him in the top group ahead of the free skate competition up next. Zhou’s teammates, [Nathan Chen](http://time.com/5159825/olympics-2018-nathan-chen-skating-short-program/ "undefined") and Adam Rippon, who have also earned lots of attention during their time in PyeongChang, are [skating later in the program](http://time.com/money/5160414/how-to-watch-the-mens-figure-skating-short-program-for-free/ "undefined"). But after Zhou’s impressive jump, the Internet was all his. Many Twitter users congratulated him and shared their feelings in the classic form of memes and Meryl Streep gifs. > [](https://twitter.com/NBCOlympics/status/964311907950788609) > [](https://twitter.com/eggrater/status/964310595137781762) > [](https://twitter.com/kavithadavidson/status/964309165505220608) > [](https://twitter.com/NickMcCarvel/status/964308994532696066) > [](https://twitter.com/annkillion/status/964309709854425088) > [](https://twitter.com/HettyNBCLA/status/964311743588720640) > [](https://twitter.com/yasminsterAbbey/status/964320728316350465) > [](https://twitter.com/jacquik1ng/status/964321798337761280) > [](https://twitter.com/MisterAuntFancy/status/964321295189139456) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5161971/vincent-zhou-makes-history-quad-lutz-winter-olympics/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5161971/vincent-zhou-makes-history-quad-lutz-winter-olympics/"},"headline":"America's Vincent Zhou Makes History by Landing a Quadruple Lutz at the Olympics","datePublished":"2018-02-16T03:07:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:50:41.825Z","description":"The Internet was very proud","url":"https://time.com/5161971/vincent-zhou-makes-history-quad-lutz-winter-olympics/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Winter Olympics","2018 Pyeongchang Olympics"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaccbd58f185c7743/698927db4ee26239bd310e95/gettyimages-918781198.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Abigail Abrams","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/abigail-abrams/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaccbd58f185c7743/698927db4ee26239bd310e95/gettyimages-918781198.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Figure Skating - Winter Olympics Day 7","caption":"Figure Skating - Winter Olympics Day 7","creditText":"Ronald Martinez—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5161971/vincent-zhou-makes-history-quad-lutz-winter-olympics/","name":"America's Vincent Zhou Makes History by Landing a Quadruple Lutz at the Olympics"}}]}] ```