salchow
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A jump in figure skating where a skater takes off from one skate, turns, and lands on the other skate
- noun
- /ˈsælkaʊ/
- Specialized
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salchow
- Lance The Dance scores on what appears to be a double salchow and a triple axel thrown in too.
- a triple salchow
- a double salchow
Examples
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He did two salchows and a triple Lutz while wearing a blindfold
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She was queen of the ice, and after we saw her, we practiced our spread eagles and our salchows.
Fiction book (1996) -
Another triple-double salchow-flip combination, and I've made it through the tough technical jumps.
Fiction book (2002) -
She executed a beautiful salchow during her performance, earning applause from the audience.
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The coach praised him for landing the salchow cleanly on his first attempt.
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After months of practice, she finally mastered the triple salchow, impressing all her peers.
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word salchow is named after the Swedish skater Ulrich Salchow, who first did this jump in the early 1900s. So a salchow is the particular figure skating jump he invented.