A beautiful skater representing France, Stephane Lambiel performed a planned double axle in his program. This is an unheard of element in Men's figure skating where a triple axle is accepted as the norm. It is not that Mr. Lambiel is a bad jumper, he completed a quadruple toe loop in the same program, it was said by the commentators that he has difficulty performing the axle which involves a forward take off. This not only requires different edging with the skate, but what makes this jump unique is that it is the only jump which requires hip flexion.
When considering that a person's center of gravity is at sacral level 2. It could be that Mr. Lambiel is lacking the appropriate sequencing of range of motion in his take off leg which in turn, alters his center of gravity in the air and prevents him from landing the jump.
Just a thought.
