Malinin first landed the quad axel in competition at the U.S. International Figure Skating Classic in Lake Placid, New York in September 2022. It was the first clean, fully-rotated quad axel to be ...

This means the quad axel actually consists of 4.5 rotations, rather than four. No skater has ever landed a quintuple jump. Tara Lipinski takes a closer look at Ilia Malinin’s quad axel by the ...

World figure skating champion Alysa Liu plans to reincorporate the triple Axel into her programs for the upcoming Olympic season. In an interview with retired NFL quarterback Boomer Esiason, Liu ...

Actress Margot Robbie, who portrays Harding in “I, Tonya,” said the historic triple axel moment was a source of inspiration for her role. “I’ve watched that footage a thousand times, and ...