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Axel jump. The Axel jump or Axel Paulsen jump, named after its inventor, Norwegian figure skater Axel Paulsen, is an edge jump performed in figure skating. It is the sport's oldest and most difficult jump, and the only basic jump in competition with a forward take-off, which makes it the easiest to identify. A double or triple Axel is required ...
The Axel jump, also called the Axel Paulsen jump for its creator, Norwegian figure skater Axel Paulsen, is an edge jump. [48] It is figure skating's oldest and most difficult jump. [18] [46] The Axel jump is the most studied jump in figure skating. [49] It is the only jump that begins with a forward takeoff, which makes it the easiest jump to ...
triple jump A jump with three full rotations (1080 degrees) in the air; the triple Axel requires the skater to complete 3.5 revolutions (1260 degrees). two-footed landing The landing of a rotational jump where both feet touch the ice (a correct landing is on one foot). twizzle
During the figure skating team competition on Sunday night, 24-year-old Mirai Nagasu became the first American in history to land a triple axel jump at the Olympics. "HOLY COW!" You just witnessed ...
By the middle of the 20th century, they had graduated to double jumps. By the 1980s, the triple Lutz was the benchmark for men. Throughout the '80s, it was the triple Axel, though attempts at a quad were already being made. Finally, a quadruple jump became an essential element in the programs of many men in the '90s and into the new millennium.
The final jump in her triple flip-triple toe combination was downgraded, but she successfully completed three more triple jumps and a double Axel-double toe-double loop combination. She successfully completed her double Axel, triple Salchow, and triple loop, and produced a level-three straight line step sequence.
Amber Glenn thought she'd thrown away her chances of winning her long-sought U.S. figure skating title when, after landing a dramatic opening triple axel Friday night, the 24-year-old from Texas ...
Kihira is the seventh woman to have landed the triple Axel jump in an International Skating Union competition, the first ever woman to land a triple Axel-triple toe loop combination, [1] the first woman to land eight clean triples in a free skate, [2] the second woman to land four clean triples in the short program, [3] and the third woman to ...