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 Skati ...

Norwegian Axel Paulsen pulled off a new feat at an international figure skating competition in 1882. The axel jump, in which the skater rotates his or her body while in midair, is named for its ...

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 ...

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Ami Nakai topped the women’s short program Tuesday at the Milano-Cortina Olympics. Landing a huge triple Axel, Nakai edged ...

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 ...