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On 26 March 1989, at the World Championships in Paris, 16-year-old Midori Ito became the first woman to land a ratified triple axel in ISU competition. The jump, widely consider...
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The triple axel is the most difficult jump in women’s figure skating and the only triple jump that takes off forward. It involves three and a half rotations in the air and dem...
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The triple Axel is the only ratified triple jump that takes off forward. Because of the extra half rotation, it demands higher horizontal speed, more hang time, and precise entr...
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