“I just never give up, and I try to find ways to achieve everything, no matter what happens,” he said. That meant seven quadruple jumps, which only he has ever attempted in a free skate. And at least ...

started out as a young figure skater’s dream ... Haynos had landed a triple axel, one of skating’s hardest jumps. At the perfect time, too. He had landed his first clean one at the age ...

At the 1948 Winter Olympics, Button became the first skater to land a double Axel jump in competition. The 18-year-old won gold, becoming the first US Olympic figure skating champion. He also ...

clinching the victory by landing six quadruple jumps in his long program Sunday. It is unclear when or whether he traveled back to the Washington area. The Washington Figure Skating Club ...

By Deborah Wilker Dick Button, the two-time Olympic champion who revolutionized figure skating by completing the first triple jump in competition, then spun TV ratings gold with his pithy ...

World champion Ilia Malinin landed a record-tying six quadruple jumps to win his third consecutive U.S. figure skating title. Malinin, a 20-year-old from the D.C. area, landed a quad flip, quad Axel ...

Ilia Malinin laid in the middle of the ice at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships on Sunday ... champion landed six of his seven planned quad jumps — including the quad axel, the jump that ...

American figure skating pioneer Dick Button ... after he successfully landed the first double axel and triple jump in competition. He remains the only U.S. figure skater to win two individual ...

And interestingly enough, such is the strength of the U.S. figure skating program ... allowed focus on his attempt of seven quadruple jumps — six of them successfully landed — and a backflip.

"By the way, that jump had a cheat on it," Button told the ... "Dick Button is the custodian of the history of figure skating and its quintessential voice," 1988 Olympic champion Brian Boitano ...

He landed three more quads, all of them leading into other jumps, and finished it all off ... men's short program competition at the U.S. figure skating championships Saturday, Jan.

Ilia Malinin laid in the middle of the ice at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships on Sunday ... champion landed six of his seven planned quad jumps — including the quad axel, the jump that ...