Is This A Triple Axel, Or An Optical Illusion?

[IDLERACER]

I just found THIS satyrical montage on YouTube. Correct me if I'm wrong, but it looks like mistake #5 isn't a mistake at all, but a brilliantly landed triple axel. ​

 

[silver.blades]

I'm pretty sure it's just a double. But at 1st glance it does look kinda like a triple.

 

[mskater93]

It's a double. She inside-outed the landing edge because she led with her hip and over rotated her upper body.

If Sasha had EVER landed a 3A, she would have been the "greatest" lady in US skating...

 

[laceup]

double ... but what I want to know is who takes the time to put a video like that together????

 

[silver.blades]

^someone with WAY too much time on their hands, probably unemployed.

 

[ks777]

^someone with WAY too much time on their hands, probably unemployed.

LOL

 

[Tinymavy15]

sasha never tried a 3 axel. it was a bad double.

 

[Fossi]

If Sasha was even going to attempt a triple axel then her coach and Team Cohen would've called her the triple axel queen, just like they called her the quad queen for landing a quad in practice. I think many skaters have landed 3axels in practice, but not on competition and were never given credit for it. It's a funny clip, but I agree that someone has too much time on their hands.

 

[gio]

The last fall was funny! Sasha did the last spin, she lost control, and fell, and then she did some improvised choreography to seem dead on ice! Sasha is hilarious.

 

[Jaana]

double ... but what I want to know is who takes the time to put a video like that together????

Probably somebody who has too much time and also is a fan of some other skater, LOL: