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What's a salchow? Toe loop? Olympic figure skating terms explained

With Olympic figure skating in full swing, viewers who don't pay much attention to sports are tuning in. A mix of artistry and athleticism, figure skating at the Winter Olympics brings a unique ...

FIGURE SKATING/ Kagiyama uses mistake by Malinin to lead short program at Grand Prix Final

NAGOYA--Yuma Kagiyama upstaged world champion Ilia Malinin of the United States to lead the men’s short program at the figure ...
WNEP-TV

What is a triple axel in figure skating? It's one of the toughest jumps in the sport.

In women's figure skating, which started on Tuesday, one of the toughest is the triple axel. One thing in particular makes it different from the other triple jumps. Very few women have it as part of ...
USA Today

What's the difference between ice skating jumps? Here's what you need to know for the Olympics

The jumps are household names, at least in figure skating households: salchow, axel, lutz, loop, flip and toe loop. In order of difficulty, from the easiest to the hardest, they are: toe loop, salchow ...
WFAA8

Rules of the game: How to tell figure skating jumps apart

First, it’s important to know, first, that each skate blade has two edges with a curve -- or hollow -- in the middle. If you stand with your feet together, the edges that face each other are the ...
Guinness World Records

Ice skating - most synchronized double toe loop jumps in a minute (team of two)

The most synchronized ice skating double toe loop jumps in a minute (team of two) is 20 and was achieved by Christopher Boyadji (France) and Zoe Wilkinson (UK) on CBBC's Officially Amazing, in Swindon ...