: 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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Nakai, too, squandered roughly six points for downgrading a planned triple lutz-triple toe loop combination.
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Bora Erden, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2026
Liu, skating first in the final group of six skaters, opened with a triple flip, and then after a double Axel landed a triple lutz, triple loop combination.
—Scott M. Reid, Oc Register, 17 Feb. 2026
With a medley of Michael Jackson hits playing, Petrosian — competing as a neutral athlete — whipped through her double axel, landed a triple lutz and capped the performance with a triple flip-triple toe loop that seemed downright effortless.
—Dave Skretta, Chicago Tribune, 17 Feb. 2026
Liu landed a triple lutz-triple loop, the hardest combination that any woman attempted, and sat only two points back of leader Ami Nakai and right behind her Japanese teammate Kaori Sakamoto on the leaderboard.
—Dave Skretta, Hartford Courant, 17 Feb. 2026
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Bora Erden, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2026
Liu, skating first in the final group of six skaters, opened with a triple flip, and then after a double Axel landed a triple lutz, triple loop combination.
—Scott M. Reid, Oc Register, 17 Feb. 2026
With a medley of Michael Jackson hits playing, Petrosian — competing as a neutral athlete — whipped through her double axel, landed a triple lutz and capped the performance with a triple flip-triple toe loop that seemed downright effortless.
—Dave Skretta, Chicago Tribune, 17 Feb. 2026
Liu landed a triple lutz-triple loop, the hardest combination that any woman attempted, and sat only two points back of leader Ami Nakai and right behind her Japanese teammate Kaori Sakamoto on the leaderboard.
—Dave Skretta, Hartford Courant, 17 Feb. 2026
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“Lutz.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lutz. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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