1.   And after talking about a triple axel for four years, she joked, she wants to be able to land one regularly.

2.   And while Kwan hopes to perfect a triple-triple combination, Hughes is already working on a quadruple jump and a triple axel.

3.   And the triple axel, double-toe combination has proved insufficient against triple-triples.

4.   Aren Nielsen and Shepherd Clark of the Skating Club of Boston both crashed on their triple axels and placed sixth and seventh.

5.   As usual, his triple axel was Jordanesque in its height.

6.   Both the men and women will try seven levels of jumps, up to a quad-triple combination for the men and a triple axel for the women.

7.   A lack of self-assurance and competitive fervor has left his career tumbling like a bungled triple axel.

8.   A second triple axel would give him eight triples overall and, likely, victory.

9.   After reducing a second triple axel to two revolutions, Eldredge attempted the triple axel again and landed it flawlessly.