Before this weekend, there were only two women figure skaters in the world who had successfully landed a triple axel in Olympic competition: Japanese skaters Midori Ito (in 1992) and Mao Asada (in 2010 and 2014). But now there’s a new name on that very short list: At the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, American skater Mirai Nagasu made history by becoming the third woman ever — and the first American woman ever — to land a triple axel at the Olympics.
Nagasu landed the jump during the opening jumping pass of her free skate in the figure skating team competition, which took place Sunday night (morning/early afternoon in South Korea). Her performance helped the American team win the bronze medal. (The gold medal went to Canada, with Russia — a.k.a. OAR, or the Olympic Athletes from Russia — taking the silver.)
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