Can Figure Skaters Master the Head-Spinning Physics of a Quintuple Jump?

When American figure skater Nathan Chen performs at this year’s Winter Olympics, he’ll be looking to make history. The first and only skater in the world competing with five different types of quadruple jump—the salchow, loop, toe loop, flip, and lutz—he is poised to become the first athlete in the sport’s history to execute these …

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