Brandon Mroz's quad lutz validated
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- The International Skating Union has recognized the first quadruple lutz done in a sanctioned competition, a jump completed by American Brandon Mroz.
Mroz, of the Broadmoor Skating Club, executed the jump during his short program at the 2011 Colorado Springs Invitational, a U.S. Figure Skating sanctioned competition. The ISU must approve such jumps and did so Wednesday.
Mroz will make his international season debut Nov. 11-13 at the NHK Trophy in Sapporo, Japan, part of the Grand Prix series.
He is the second American man recognized as the first to perform a quad jump in competition. Timothy Goebel is credited with the first quad salchow, which he performed at the 1998 Junior Grand Prix Final.
Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press
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