What is an axel jump in figure skating? Types of jumps in figure skating What is a quadruple axel? Has anyone ever done a quadruple axel? Has a female ever done a quadruple axel? The 2026 Winter ...

Yuzuru Hanyu attempted a quad axel jump at the Beijing Olympics on Feb. 10, exactly 140 years after Paulsen’s inaugural jump.

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BEIJING--Yuzuru Hanyu made history with his quad axel jump at the Beijing Olympics. Only, it wasn’t the record that he has long sought and obsessed over. The International Skating Union acknowledged ...

The two-time Olympic champion’s goal in Beijing was to conquer skating’s hardest jump Yuzuru Hanyu came to Beijing hoping to pioneer the most difficult jump ever attempted in figure skating: the ...

Editor's note: Ilia Malinin will take the ice in the men's long program Saturday. Follow along here to catch today's action. BOSTON — Ilia Malinin could attempt as many as seven quadruple jumps in his ...

Alysa Liu of Richmond became the youngest woman in history to land a difficult triple axel jump in an international competition. Liu, 12, landed the 3 ½-rotation jump Thursday on the way to winning ...

© 2026 Yahoo. All rights reserved. Ilia Malinin, the 17-year-old world junior champion from Virginia, landed what appeared to be a clean quadruple Axel, a jump that ...

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Japan's Shimada wins Skate Canada in Grand Prix debut Japanese teenage sensation Mao Shimada won the Skate Canada women's title on her senior Grand Prix debut Sunday, living up to sky-high ...

The 2026 Winter Olympics is fully underway in Italy, and it's once again time for figure skating to take center stage. One of the biggest stars on this year's U.S. team is Ilia Malinin, nicknamed the ...