Sentences with phrase «axel jump»

She was once a competitive ice skater with serious promise, becoming the first American woman to land the notoriously hard triple axel jump in competition.

The slow - motion sequence splices together two landmark moments in the skater's infamously derailed career: the 1991 Skate America competition during which she lands her first triple axel jump and (after a judge orders her banned from competitive skating for life) a boxing match in which Harding is knocked down by her opponent, her body arcing across the air, blood gushing from her mouth as she hits the floor with a thunderous smash.

In 1991, she becomes the first United States woman to successfully land a triple axel jump in competition, a feat that few skaters even attempt.

The moment when Harding becomes only the second woman in history to land the triple - axel jump is real hairs - on - the - back - of - the - neck stuff, though the jump had to be recreated with visual effects because the only two skaters who can currently do it were both preparing for the Olympics and couldn't risk injury.

Famously known as the «good luck» earrings - as seen on U.S. Figure Skater Mirai Nagasu who wore these earrings when she made her historic triple axel jump at the Winter Olympics» 18.

Not exact matches

Mirai Nagasu's triple axel was incredible to watch as she made history being the first US women to land the jump in the Olympics.

By the time she reached the peak of her skills in the early 1990s, Tonya became the only American woman to land a triple axel, the most difficult triple jump in the sport.

After conquering the triple axel — the mega-tricky jump which Harding was the first American woman ever to land — her electrified delight, arms outstretched, is a near - terrifying display of public vindication, of I - just - showed - them - that.