Sentences with phrase «complete triple axels»

Even if much of it was to nurture the natural skating talent Tonya had (she was one of the only skaters in the world to consistently complete triple axels), none of this happened without causing severe damage.

Jeff and Tonya got married anyway, and then in 1991, Tonya won the U.S. Figure Skating Championship and became the first woman to complete a triple axel at 19 years old.

Though Harding was the first American woman to complete a triple axel in competition, her legacy was forever defined by her association with an infamous, ill - conceived, and even more poorly executed attack on fellow Olympic competitor Nancy Kerrigan.

Harding completed a triple axel in the U.S. Figure Skating Championship in 1991 — the first woman to do so — and it is very special to watch.

I, Tonya's drubbing pleonasm paradoxically reaches its lowest point when dramatizing its heroine's greatest accomplishment: after Harding becomes, in a 1991 competition, the first American woman to complete a triple axel, the feat (recreated using stunt doubles and digital effects) is scored to Foreigner's «Feels Like the First Time.»

Though Harding was the first American woman to complete a triple axel in competition, her legacy was forever defined by her association with an infamous, ill - conceived, and even more poorly executed attack on fellow Olympic competitor Nancy Kerrigan (Caitlin Carver, Rules Don't Apply).

She was the ice princess who emerged from a poor upbringing and rough childhood in Portland, OR to rise to the top of the sport of figure skating with a ferocious determination and athleticism that allowed her to become the first American woman to complete the triple axel in major competitions.

Harding emerged from a poor upbringing and rough childhood in Portland, OR to rise to the top of the sport of figure skating with determination and athleticism that allowed her to become the first American woman to complete the triple axel in major competitions.

Though Harding was the first American woman to complete a triple axel in competition, her legacy has forever been defined by her association with an infamous, ill - conceived and worse - executed attack on fellow Olympic competitor Nancy Kerrigan.

(Only eight women have ever successfully completed a triple axel in competition.)

Not exact matches

The film's director and producers assumed they could just hire a skate double to complete the stunt — even though Harding was the first American woman to perform a triple axel in competition.