Triple jump triple jump, although this has since been removed from the Olympic program and is rarely performed in competition today. The women's triple jump was introduced into the Atlanta Olympics in 1996. In Irish mythology the geal-ruith (triple jump), was an event contested in the ancient Irish Tailteann Games as early as 1829 BC. The athlete sprints down a runway to a takeoff mark, from which the triple jump is measured. The takeoff mark is commonly a physical piece of wood or similar material embedded in the runway, or a rectangle painted on the runway surface. In modern championships a strip
Axel jump triple Axel, skaters do not take a big "step up" so that they can pull into the rotation position more quickly. The jump with half a rotation from forward outside to backward outside is called a "waltz jump" or a "three jump" in some countries. Any other rotational jump with a forward takeoff is generally considered to be a variation of the Axel. These include: In addition, an Axel entrance can be used as a take-off for flying spins. An "Axel sit spin" is also known as a "flying reverse sit spin", and is essentially an Axel jump landed in