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(Inspired by a line from one of the responses in Mathman's "Sports" thread)
Skating analysts, experts, skaters, coaches, etc--say that the lutz is the hardest toe jump (second only to the axel in difficulty). As another poster noted, the flip, considered easier than the lutz, had more falls at the 2002 Olympics. Perhaps the skaters have a mental block when doing the flip (the flip "cost" Michelle the gold in 2002, and in 1998--it was the jump she saved; it cost Irina a medal in 1998, and Lipinski missed it at US Nationals in the SP in 1998), or perhaps it is just as hard, if not harder than the lutz?
Lutz (comes at 0:35)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Jniy2CbyaAA
Flip (comes at 0:55)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=8oRk1HHmrqo
Skating analysts, experts, skaters, coaches, etc--say that the lutz is the hardest toe jump (second only to the axel in difficulty). As another poster noted, the flip, considered easier than the lutz, had more falls at the 2002 Olympics. Perhaps the skaters have a mental block when doing the flip (the flip "cost" Michelle the gold in 2002, and in 1998--it was the jump she saved; it cost Irina a medal in 1998, and Lipinski missed it at US Nationals in the SP in 1998), or perhaps it is just as hard, if not harder than the lutz?
Lutz (comes at 0:35)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Jniy2CbyaAA
Flip (comes at 0:55)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=8oRk1HHmrqo
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