What makes it so impressive? Any axel jump–single, double, triple, or quad–actually involves an extra half rotation. So a ...

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. She also became just the second ...

BEIJING--Yuzuru Hanyu made history with his quad axel jump at the Beijing Olympics. Only, it wasn’t the record that he has long sought and obsessed over. The International Skating Union acknowledged ...

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The 2026 Winter Olympics is fully underway in Italy, and it's once again time for figure skating to take center stage. One of the biggest stars on this year's U.S. team is Ilia Malinin, nicknamed the ...

Ami Nakai topped the women’s short program Tuesday at the Milano-Cortina Olympics. Landing a huge triple Axel, Nakai edged out world champions Alysa Liu and Kaori Sakamoto, while Amber Glenn struggled ...

It's OK to enjoy figure skating without knowing what all the words mean. If you want to know more, though, here's a look at every kind of jump.

Even casual fans of figure skating have likely heard of the triple axel. And now, thanks to U.S. men’s champion Ilia Malinin, you’ll be hearing a lot about the quadruple axel, or quad axel, too. What ...