1.   And Kwan did it last year in Nice, when she was third after the long program and landed seven triples to knock out the Russians.

2.   Biellmann, like Lipinski, landed three triples in the technical program.

3.   Eldredge, meanwhile, landed eight triples.

4.   He seemed to be proud that he could still rise from the ice the way his much younger peers could, landing eight triples during his routine.

5.   She was fast and jubilant, smiling widely when she landed the triple flip that she had crash-landed at nationals and again when she landed her double axel.

6.   So he landed a triple, instead.

7.   Eldredge finished second despite popping his quad, trying only three kinds of triple jumps and landing five triples.

8.   Liashenko followed and also landed five triples, doubling out on two others.

9.   Landing three triples moved her from sixth place after the short program to third in the long and third overall.