February 20, 2010
Leaps and Bounds
Watching the skating at the Winter Olympics while improving my vocabulary. I’ve learned that many of the jumps are named after the person who invented them. The lutz is named after Alois Lutz, the walley after Nate Walley, the axel after Axel Paulson, and the salchow after Ulrich Salchow.
And the toe loop, of course, is named after the great British amateur, Sir Basil Toe-Loop.
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