Figure skating: Hanyu lands quad lutz in Grand Prix opener practice

Reigning Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu landed a quadruple lutz Thursday during official practice for the Rostelecom Cup, the opener of this season's Grand Prix figure skating series which gets under way Friday.The Japanese ace, who holds two world titles in men's singles, expressed his intention to include the quad lutz in his free program for the first time, making it the fourth type of quad jump for him to execute after the toe loop, salchow and loop."I want to skate a program which I can get most serious about," the 22-year-old said after he succeeded in landing the quad lutz in his eigh…READ FULL ARTICLE