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axel
1[ak-suhl]
noun
a jump performed by a skater leaping from the front outer edge of one skate into the air to make 1½ rotations of the body and landing on the back outer edge of the other skate.
Axel
2[ak-suhl]
noun
a first name.
axel
/ ˈæə /
noun
skating a jump in which the skater takes off from the forward outside edge of one skate, makes one and a half, two and a half, or three and a half turns in the air, and lands on the backward outside edge of the other skate
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of axel1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of axel1
Example Sentences
She was born in Massachusetts to Nigerian immigrants and, as a teen, was an exceptional figure skater: one who could land double axels with a practiced ease that betrayed the intense commitment behind them.
The recent World Figure Skating Championships produced exciting results, including a 19-year-old American landing a quadruple axel and a 40-year-old pairs skater who became the oldest woman to win a world figure skating championship.
And with that issue still in the back of his mind, he wasn’t sure whether he would try the quad axel.
As usual, Jason Brown brought down the house at Nationwide Arena despite a fall on his opening triple axel.
Ilia Malinin could have been thrown off by a fall on his opening jump - the quad axel - at the Grand Prix Final.
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When To Use
An axel is a maneuver in figure skating. The skater leaps from the front outside edge of one skate, rotates 1 ½ times, and lands on the rear outside edge of the other skate.The axel, also known as the axel jump, is considered the most difficult of the six jumps in figure skating. A tripleaxel, where a skater rotates 3 ½ times, has a starting value of 8 points at the Olympics, compared to the 3.3 points given for a double (2 ½ rotations) axel.Example: The judges were impressed by the skater’s axel and her perfect landing after completing the spin.
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