noun

• A jump in skating with a forward takeoff from the forward outside edge of one skate to the backward outside edge of the other, with one and a half turns in the air.

  ‘I did some triple jumps, everything but the lutz and the axel.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘He is also using the triple axel / triple toe loop in his long program and is working on the quadruple salchow and quadruple flip.’
  • ‘The second strategic mistake was the absence of a triple axel combination or quadruple toe loop attempt in the free skate.’
  • ‘We have side-by-side triple toes, triple salchows, and double axels already and a throw double salchow.’
  • ‘She has also experimented with quadruple jumps, including the quad salchow, but indicated that the triple axel is easier for her.’