variants
often Axel
: a jump in figure skating from the outer forward edge of one skate with 1½ turns taken in the air and a return to the outer backward edge of the other skate
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Liu did not attempt a triple axel in her long program, as Nakai and Liu’s American teammate Amber Glenn did.
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Bora Erden, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2026
Glenn also landed several difficult jumping passes, including a triple flip-triple toe loop combination and a triple loop-double axel-double axel combination.
—Greg Rosenstein, NBC news, 20 Feb. 2026
Sakamoto plans to retire after the Olympics, but will leave the sport in good hands with her teammate and new talent Nakai, who landed a triple axel that pulled her into first.
—Alice Park, Time, 18 Feb. 2026
The quad axel and the seven quads.
—Sara Germano, Sportico.com, 18 Feb. 2026
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Bora Erden, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2026
Glenn also landed several difficult jumping passes, including a triple flip-triple toe loop combination and a triple loop-double axel-double axel combination.
—Greg Rosenstein, NBC news, 20 Feb. 2026
Sakamoto plans to retire after the Olympics, but will leave the sport in good hands with her teammate and new talent Nakai, who landed a triple axel that pulled her into first.
—Alice Park, Time, 18 Feb. 2026
The quad axel and the seven quads.
—Sara Germano, Sportico.com, 18 Feb. 2026
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“Axel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/axel. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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