: a backward figure-skating jump with a takeoff from the outside edge of one skate followed by a full turn in the air and a landing on the outside edge of the other skate
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The lutz sometimes comes at the end of a relatively long glide, especially in women’s skating.
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Christine Brennan, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2022
Their secret weapon is side-by-side triple lutzes, the hardest side-by-side jump in the event.
—Chris Schleicher, Time, 14 Feb. 2018
Shcherbakova, who also won last month’s Skate America, included a triple lutz-triple loop combination and three more triples.
—BostonGlobe.com, 10 Nov. 2019
The kitchen’s salchows, lutzes and triple axels are matched by a classical sense of what tastes good with what.
—Pete Wells, New York Times, 10 Dec. 2019
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Christine Brennan, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2022
Their secret weapon is side-by-side triple lutzes, the hardest side-by-side jump in the event.
—Chris Schleicher, Time, 14 Feb. 2018
Shcherbakova, who also won last month’s Skate America, included a triple lutz-triple loop combination and three more triples.
—BostonGlobe.com, 10 Nov. 2019
The kitchen’s salchows, lutzes and triple axels are matched by a classical sense of what tastes good with what.
—Pete Wells, New York Times, 10 Dec. 2019
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“Lutz.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lutz. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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