Twitter reacts to Nagasu's historic triple axel

U.S. figure skater Mirai Nagasu made history on Sunday when she became the first American woman to pull off a triple axel at the Winter Olympics.

There was the expectation heading into the event that Nagasu would attempt the land the triple axel, but when it finally happened, Olympic fans were still stunned. It doesn't get much more impressive than this.

The triple axel deservedly had Olympic fans going nuts on Twitter.

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