Since then, it has been very difficult for those without quads to succeed in international women's figure skating competitions. She was one of the first women to add quad jumps to her program. Shcherbakova began figure skating when she was three years old, and she joined Eteri Tutberidze's group when she was nine. Additionally, she never finished below second place in her senior career.
The quad Lutz and quad flip are among the three most difficult jumps in figure skating, only behind the quad axel. She was the first Olympic champion in women’s single skating with quad jumps.
She was also the first woman figure skater to land a quad flip in combination with a triple jump, as well as the first to land two quad flip jumps in a single program. She was the first woman figure skater to land a quad Lutz in senior competition and the first woman to land two quad Lutz jumps in a single program. She is the reigning Olympic champion (2022), a World champion (2021), and a three-time Russian national champion (2019–2021).
