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| | MSN Encarta - Ice Skating |
 | | In a typical single axel, a skater initiates the jump facing forward, launches the jump from the left forward outside edge, completes 1y rotations in the air, and lands traveling backward on the right backward outside edge. |
 | | In a salchow, named after Swedish skater Ulrich Salchow, a skater begins while traveling backwards, takes off from the back inside edge, turns in the air, and lands on the back outside edge of the other skate. |
 | | The lutz, invented by Austrian skater Alois Lutz, is similar to the salchow in rotation and landing, but the skater travels backwards on an outside edge (rather than an inside edge), uses the toe of the opposite foot to help launch the jump, and rotates clockwise in the air. |
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