salchow
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English
Etymology
Named after the Swedish skater Ulrich Salchow.
Pronunciation
Noun
salchow (plural salchows)
- A figure skating jump with a takeoff from a back inside edge and landing on the back outside edge of the opposite foot after one or more rotations in the air.
- 2007 January 27, Lynn Zinser, “Sights Set on Title, Meissner Is All Smiles”, in New York Times:
- Naomi Nari Nam and Themi Leftheris had a chance to grab a world team spot after Inoue and Baldwin stumbled, but Nam fell to a knee trying to land a throw triple salchow and also fell on the next throw, a triple loop.
Verb
salchow (third-person singular simple present salchows, present participle salchowing, simple past and past participle salchowed)
- (intransitive) To perform a figure skating jump of this kind.
