The samples were rotated at a speed of three rotations per hour to further minimize any dose inhomogeneity.
When the marks were tallied after three rotations, the lead had ballooned to nearly five points.
Afzal had helped this team for several years, through three rotations of leadership and personnel.
At his first official practice with Carroll, Lysacek recalls trying to master the triple flip, a jump with three rotations.
This season the double-cork 1080, an inverted off-axis spin of three rotations, has divided the men's halfpipe field.
Only three rotations began the day with a lower E.R.A. (4.02), and those teams — Chicago, Arizona and Milwaukee — currently hold playoff berths.
In the best trick event — a precursor to big air — at the X Games last year, Rice settled for silver when Andreas Wiig landed a frontside 1080-degree spin (three rotations) to win gold.
An off-axis double flip while spinning three rotations, the trick was considered a giant leap forward in the progression of halfpipe tricks and a mandatory stunt if a rider hoped to land on the podium in Vancouver.
While attempting a Cab 1080 — a spin of three rotations — Lago struck his upper body hard on the lip of the halfpipe, sending his hat (he was not wearing a helmet) and goggles flying.
Iouri Podladtchikov of Switzerland was third with a score of 96.0 during his first run, in which he landed a double McTwist 1260, an off-axis double flip while spinning three rotations.
But concerns that tricks might be toned down markedly were quashed quickly in qualifying by White, when he did a double cork, a sort of corkscrewing double back flip, and back-to-back 1080s, which are three rotations.
