A comparison of Amber GLENN (アンバー グレン) and Wakaba HIGUCHI’s (樋口 新葉) TRIPLE AXEL (3A)!
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Amber Elaine Glenn (born October 28, 1999) is an American figure skater. She is the 2024 U.S. national champion, a two-time ISU Grand Prix bronze medalist, and a three-time ISU Challenger Series medalist. She has finished within the top ten at three ISU Championships.
Early in her career, she won bronze medals at two ISU Junior Grand Prix events (2013 JGP Czech Republic, 2014 JGP France) and was the 2014 U.S. Junior champion.
Glenn is the sixth American woman to land a clean triple Axel in international competition.
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Wakaba Higuchi (樋口 新葉, Higuchi Wakaba, born January 2, 2001) is a Japanese figure skater. She is a 2022 Olympic team event silver medalist, the 2018 World silver medalist, the 2024 Skate America champion, a two-time Grand Prix silver medalist (2017 Cup of China; 2020 NHK Trophy), a three-time Grand Prix bronze medalist (2016 and 2021 Grand Prix de France; 2018 Rostelecom Cup), a three-time Challenger Series medalist, and a five-time Japanese national medalist (bronze in 2015, silver in 2016, 2017, 2020, and 2022). On the junior level, she is a two-time World Junior bronze medalist (2015, 2016), the 2014–15 Junior Grand Prix Final bronze medalist, and a two-time Japan Junior national champion (2015, 2016).
Higuchi is the seventeenth woman to land a clean triple Axel internationally and the fifth woman to land a clean triple Axel at the Olympics.
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