24 Olympic Moments That Defined the Sport of Figure Skating

Twenty-six years after Midori Ito's Olympic first, the triple axel remained a jump that very few women could land. Coming into the 2018 Olympics, all eyes were on Mirai Nagasu, who had hopes of becoming the first American woman to land the triple axel at the Olympics. Assigned to the free-skate portion of the team event, Nagasu went for the triple axel as the first jump of her program and absolutely nailed it. The feat made her only the third woman in history to land a triple axel at the Olympics. Nagasu went on to land eight triple jumps during the routine (the maximum allowed under current rules), paving the way for a team bronze.

Watch Nagasu's history-making program here.