Mirai Nagasu working on a triple axel 

Awesome that ten years later, Mirai had TWO triple axels ratified in international competition!

Coolness! She's got about 2 1/2 rotations there. If she keeps working at it, she'll get the full 3 in no time!

Hey its maire from sashafans! Thabkyou sooo much for posting this!

this is amazing she is such a hard worker my favourite skater love her

Wow-I did not know Mirai had worked on a triple axel! It does look pretty good. :)

it is her, i downloaded this vid too, there are actually quite a few of her trying the triple axel, and that's her coach's voice too.

very verrry nice!! hope she does these in competition! (still gotta get that last 2 quarters in the rotation) otherwise looks pretty good!

whoo she's really good for someone in holland! When you can do the 2 axel then you're one of the best in holland.

great jump! almost a triple axel!

ohh that was very good!

I know I can't! I'm an adult skater and my jumps, for the time being, are limited to waltz and 1/2 flips! However, I am determined to work my up to, and land, an axel.

crazy people. this is just a practice. and it was an attempt. nobody said she succeeded it.

I think she is coming close to complete that thing!

right you are! it is 3 1/2. I guess she's got a little farther to go than I thought, huh?

Yeah that is true, Mirai is super fast, she collided with the board in her SP for 2009 US nationals...I think she was going a bit too fast that time lol

yup, just a bit more spring to fit in that 1/2 rotation and she's there! yay!

Is that really Mirai??

I hope she can do it

At least she is moving past the triple lutz and trying the triple axel. That is how you start. I don't think I have known anyone who has started triple axel and not been at LEAST a half turn short.

she is so good, im so jelous! she's fourteen or fifteen i think and she is soo much better than anyone i know. thats a little underrotated, but hey, at least she can land it on one foot! as a reply to xmilaxmorelissen, she is american, not from holland. she might be training there, but as far as i know she is actually american :D

i have to agree. it probably look totally different after a year.

what competition? i really want to see her triple axel.

mirai landed one during competition?

I think that's what called a "cheat half turn". Don't quote on this - I'm not a figure skater but have watched FS throughout the years..... =D

@diegokace how can you jump axel without prerotation? not only axel but loop and salcow too. they are the jumps that need prerotation. thats the figure skating jumps mechanics. watch other skaters jumps and make sure by yourself. they all prerotate. no exception.

Yeah that's why it says she's working on it, not that she has it.

Omg she was so young

@courtneysk8s can you read the title? Or do you need me to read it for you? Better yet, show us your beautiful triple axel video.

oh wow :]]!!

@courtneysk8s... Uh, it's a practice,OK? P.R.A.C.T.I.C.E!! But she's almost got it. Open up ur eyes and read the title well. Or do u want me to read it for u?

That was pretty good, if only she had more speed going into it and the ice was smoother, she probably would have made the full rotation (but not landing lol)

how old is this skater:O

ooh! shes so close

that was an attempt

Read the other day on some skating site that she hurt her leg.

Good try!!

as if she can land this on one foot! yeah fair do's it wasn't completly rotated, but IT STILL ROCKED! haha no fair i'm fourteen, i've been stuck on a double axel for only three months and i'm already sick of it haha

listen courtneysk8, keep your opinions to yourself and if you dont like mirai nagasu then why would you watch this video???

o well,hers is a start...

sorry for the slow reply, but if you're still interested, you can download them at drugstore96's clubbox.

this is just one practice .. i bet there was more thats pretty darn close to 3A

if she jumped higher she'd probably have it, but its very cheated....good she's trying it and that she's straight up and down

stop this vid exactly at 0:18.. it's def not a 3a!

haha i know whose voice it was in the background ;-)

it would be downgraded to a double and she would get less points for attempting it than for doing a good double

Well put. I think people like Courtney are just sad sad sad, and best ignored.

Opps, i mean its Marie* not maire lol!

But if she does get the triple axel she will have a huge advantage over all the other american girls. Kimmie Meissnner is only american girl with a triple axel and Kimmie is slumping badly anyways and hasn't landed it in about 3 years.

3 1/2

who dat?

thats almost a full turn cheat....

she clearly landed facing forward.. nice try anyways

@freestyleice Prob not worth the risk in IJS lol.

lol

pretty much is a double, with a spin on the ice at the end....very cheated, would not get any credit for it in comp

The triple axel is overrated. Unless you do it with another triple jump there is no advantage with the new scoring system.

I love marai,... but why would she try a triple axel if almost all her jumps are always downgraded in COMPETIONS