Figure skating

Figure skating

a sport and activity in which individuals, duos, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. The four Olympic disciplines are men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Non-Olympic disciplines include synchronized skating and four skating. In senior-level competition, skaters generally perform two programs (short and long) which, depending on the discipline, may include spins, jumps, moves in the field, lifts, throw jumps, death spirals, and other elements or moves.

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lutz jump

Sports; Figure skating

To execute this jump a skater, while moving in a backward clockwise curve, uses a toe pick to turn in the opposite direction, and then makes the jump by taking off from a back outside edge and then ...

marks

Sports; Figure skating

Judges use a scoring system that uses a scale of 0-6. Below is a description of the scoring system The Judges can also be awarded points in tenths so a score of 3.5 would be half way between poor and ...