Myer Prinstein restrained from doing so. The following day, he won the gold medal in the hop, step and jump (triple jump), beating 1896 champion James Connolly with a leap of 14.47 meters which simultaneously set the Olympic Record. Competing as a member of the Irish American Athletic Club in St. Louis 1904 he won both the long jump (setting a new Olympic record) and the hop, step and jump on the same day, the only athlete ever to win both events in the same games. He also came 5th in both the 60 m and 400 m dash. In Athens 1906
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