During 1968 she became the first woman to land a clean triple loop.

She was the first American woman to land the triple loop in competition.

She fell on a triple toe loop later in the program.

Her best jump was perhaps the triple loop which she often completed out of a back spiral.

"I thought I needed the triple loop to win the gold," she said.

However, she came up short, doubling a flip, then falling on a triple loop.

A year ago, Kwan fell on a triple toe loop in the short program at the national championships.

Her only major error was popping a triple loop.

But she hit a triple toe loop and her spins had hints of elegance.

She fell on a triple toe loop, the simplest of the triples.