Figure skater Mirai Nagasu has done it again, landing the rare and incredibly difficult triple axel — this time while competing in the Winter Olympics. The feat makes her the first U.S. female figure skater to land the jump during an Olympic competition.
Completing the triple axel at the start of her free skate in the figure skating team event on Monday morning (Sunday evening stateside) already set her apart from her competitors, all before she had even left the rink: None of the other women even planned to attempt the triple axel, which requires a forward takeoff and three-and-a-half rotations in the air.
Such a feat puts Nagasu, 24, in select company around the world.
What’s more, only two other U.S. female figure skaters have pulled off a triple axel in competition: First was Tonya Harding, during the national championship in 1991, followed by Kimmie Meissner in 2005.
Of those, only Harding had also done a triple axel in international competition. Then Nagasu joined her in 2017, at the U.S. International Figure Skating Classic.
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“It’s all about the points in figure skating, and how you can outrank your opponents. And the triple is almost twice the points as a double,” she told PEOPLE in the fall.
“It’s kind of like a board game, and that’s my king,” she said. “So I want to use it as many times as I can.”
Her teammates went wild after she landed the jump, with fellow skater Adam Rippon — who nailed his free skate less than an hour before Nagasu — tearing up after she landed the move.
Twitter also celebrated her accomplishment.
A performance for the record books by Mirai Nagasu, complete with a celebration we’ll remember for a long time. #BestOfUS #WinterOlympics https://t.co/NsNuy9F46h pic.twitter.com/ew8YKEYGzc
— NBC Olympics (@NBCOlympics) February 12, 2018
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Literally crying!!! @mirai_nagasu you’re my Olympic hero! #bestofus I’m actually speechless
— Jeremy Abbott (@jeremyabbottpcf) February 12, 2018
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That was a sloppy cry kind of skate! I’m standing in my living room! @mirai_nagasu What a TRIUMPH
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— Meryl Davis (@Meryl_Davis) February 12, 2018
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Wow @mirai_nagasu !!! Congratulations…tears of joy for you again! #1stAmerican3axel #hero
— Kristi Yamaguchi (@kristiyamaguchi) February 12, 2018
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“Wow @mirai_nagasu !!! Congratulations…tears of joy for you again! #1stAmerican3axel #hero” tweeted fellow Olympian Kristi Yamaguchi.
Ice dancing legend Meryl Davis also declared that it “was a sloppy cry kind of skate! I’m standing in my living room! mirai_) @mirai_nagasu What a TRIUMPH.”
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