Sentences with phrase «triple axel in competition»

Harding, the movie reminds us, was a phenom, an athletic skater who was the first female to land a triple axel in competition, and, to this day, is one of only six women to do so.

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.

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).

For those of you who don't know, Tonya Harding was the first female ice skater to land a triple axel in competition, but her legacy has been mostly overshadowed by her role in the assault on a fellow skater, Nancy Kerrigan.

And yet, she was the first female figure skater to attempt and successfully complete a triple axel in competition.

She was the first American female skater to land a triple axel in competition.

She was the first American woman skater to complete a triple axel in competition, yet her achievements have been overshadowed by the ill - conceived plan to somehow keep Kerrigan from competing in the 1994 Winter Olympics, thinking Harding could take her spot on the team.

That Harding was, at the time, the only American woman capable of landing a triple axel in competition (while skating to the theme from Batman) was a particularly satisfying middle finger to the sport: Like her or not, she had the goods.

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

Though Harding was the first American woman to complete a triple axel in competition, her legacy was forever defined by her association with the infamous attack on fellow Olympic competitor Nancy Kerrigan.

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

She wasn't one to play by the rules — she was a little rough around the edges — and without that sort of rule - breaking mentality, she wouldn't have been able to pull off such an amazing sporting achievement: the first U.S. woman to land a triple axel in a competition.

Who cared that she was the first woman to land a triple axel in competition if she didn't look pretty while she did it?

Director Craig Gillespie (REAL GIRL) and writer Steven Rogers (HOPE FLOATS) take this idea and skate on the edge, right along with Tonya who becomes the first woman to land a triple axel in competition as well as the most reviled figure in all of skating.

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 (Caitlin Carver).

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

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.