salchown.
/ˈsalkɒv//ˈsalkəʊ/ Skating.
In full, salchow jump. A jump in which the skater takes off from the inside back edge of one skate and lands, after a complete rotation, on the outside back edge of the other.
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1921 B. Meyer Skating 113 Salchow jump, outside forward three with jump from the back inside edge to the outside back edge of the other foot.
1930 T. D. Richardson Mod. Figure Skating xv. 136 The ever popular half Axel or Salchow jump. It consists of a leap from an inside back edge to an outside back, and is really a loop jump on two feet.
1959 Times 12 Mar. 4/4 Miss J. R. H...gave a brilliant display, with high axels and salchows off each foot.
1968 Daily Tel. 6 Dec. 15/6 An inspired Haig Oundjian took the men's title. He never put a foot wrong and his brilliant triple salchow was the jumping highlight of this meeting.
1976 Times 19 Jan. 9/7 Beginning with a perfect triple salchow and a soaring double axel, Miss Pötzsch went through her programme with rare charm..marred only by a two-footed landing of a double salchow.
1980 Times 25 Jan. 9/3 The British champion did play for safety by eliminating the two triple jumps he is not totally sure of, the lutz and toe salchow.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1982; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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