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An axel is the most difficult jump in figure skating. It has the highest point value of any of the six figure skating jumps.

What makes it so impressive? Any axel jump–single, double, triple, or quad–actually involves an extra half rotation. So a single axel is really 1.5 turns in the air, the double 2.5, and so on. So yes, ...

Cortina? Explore the high-stakes jump as figure skating stars Amber Glenn, Adeliia Petrosian and Alysa Liu battle at the 2026 Winter Olympics.

U.S. figure skater Ilia Malinin is known by the moniker "Quad God." How did he get the nickname?

Ilia Malinin, known as the "Quad God," landed the elusive quad axel jump a few years ago, sparking questions about the future of figure skating.

It’s a jump that has never been completed on Olympic ice — and one many skaters long thought to be impossible — until now. It’s called a quadruple axel, or a “quad axel.” And it’s one only American ...

Only a few women in Olympic history have landed a triple axel at the Games. A 17-year-old girl just joined the historic list.

Figure skating takes center stage at the 2026 Winter Olympics on Friday, February 13, with Team USA sensation Ilia Malinin going for his second gold in the Milan-Cortina Games. Malinin helped lead the ...

Alysa Liu is back. She's lighter, happier, freer -- and she's in contention for a figure skating gold medal at the 2026 Winter Olympics. The United States star actually retired af ...

In 1968, the U.S. had its third gold medalist in the women's figure skating singles event in the past four Winter Olympics. Peggy Fleming was the champion, and she ended up being the lone American ...