Salchow
Americannoun
noun
Usage
What does Salchow mean? A Salchow (pronounced SAL-cow) is a figure skating jump in which the skater jumps from the back inside edge of one skate, fully rotates (at least once) in the air, and lands on the back outside edge of the other skate. It is sometimes spelled uncapitalized, as salchow.The jump can be performed with multiple rotations, resulting in a double Salchow (two rotations), triple Salchow (three rotations), or quad (or quadruple) Salchow (four rotations).The Salchow is one of the six recognized jumps in competitive figure skating and is classified as an edge jump (along with the loop and axel; the toe loop, Lutz, and flip are classified as toe jumps).Example: She had some trouble with the Salchow in warmups, which is unusual for her, but I expect her to nail it during the routine.
Etymology
Origin of Salchow
1920–25; after Ulrich Salchow (1877–1949), Swedish figure skater, who first performed it
Example Sentences
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Liu can rattle off a list of everything she loves about it: the entrance to the triple salchow, the exit after the loop, the loop itself, the step sequence—and the ebullient finale.
It didn’t matter that he could pull off a side-by-side triple salchow.
His free skate to "The Diva Dance" earned him personal best scores of 198.64 for the routine and 291.58 overall, racking up over 21 points for his technically difficult opening triple axel-quad salchow combination.
From Barron's
Shaidorov hit five quads and an incredible opening triple Axel-Euler-quadruple Salchow combination which racked up big points and settled his nerves.
From Barron's
On his quad salchow, he only executed a double, then fell.
From BBC
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