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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 ...
As a result, the Axel has an extra half-rotation, which, as figure skating expert Hannah Robbins states, "makes a triple Axel more a quadruple jump than a triple": [1] the single Axel consists of one-and-a-half revolutions, the double Axel consists of two-and-half revolutions, and the triple Axel consists of three-and-a-half revolutions. [35] [14]
An accomplished jumper, Liu was the first American junior women's singles skater to successfully complete a triple Axel in international competition, the first American woman to land a quadruple jump, the first woman to complete both a quadruple jump and triple Axel in the same program, and the first woman to land a triple Axel triple in ...
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 ...
American teenager Ava Marie Ziegler won her first ISU Grand Prix Figure Skating title, as she sealed victory at the NHK Trophy in Osaka, Japan following a sparkling routine in the free skate.
Amber Elaine Glenn (born October 28, 1999) is an American figure skater.She is the 2024–25 Grand Prix Final champion, the 2024 & 2025 U.S. national champion, the 2024 Grand Prix de France and 2024 Cup of China champion, a two-time ISU Grand Prix bronze medalist, and a three-time ISU Challenger Series medalist.
A triple Axel is worth 8.2 points as opposed to the quad's base value of 9.8. A skater can earn up to three bonus points if the triple Axel is well executed. Some figure skaters feel that instead of risking penalties for falling while attempting a quad, it is better to attempt a triple Axel, which is safer and more likely to be landed cleanly.
Yuzuru Hanyu landed the first quadruple-triple sequence (a quadruple toe loop-triple Axel) at the 2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki. [29] Kazakhstan's Mikhail Shaidorov successfully landed the first triple axel-quad toe loop at the 2024 Grand Prix de France, becoming the first skater to land a combination in which a quad is the second jump in ...