Triple jump at the Olympics Triple jump at the Olympics The triple jump at the Summer Olympics is grouped among the four track and field jumping events held at the multi-sport event. The men's triple jump has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since the first Summer Olympics in 1896. The women's triple jump is one of the more recent additions to the programme, having been first contested in 1996. It became the third Olympic jumping event for women after the high jump and long jump. The Olympic records for the event are for men, set by Kenny Harrison in 1996, and for women,
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