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Sports

Of or pertaining to any organized, competitive, entertaining, and skillful activity or game requiring commitment, strategy, and fair play, in which a winner can be defined by objective means within a specified set of rules.

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pivot

Sports; Figure skating

This is when the toe of one skate is in the ice and the skater is using this as an anchor (pivot) while the other skate moves in a circle around the pivot skate.

platter lift

Sports; Figure skating

This is a lift, which has the man holding the female skater over his head, his hands holding her by the hips and the female skaters body is horizontal to the ice

pop

Sports; Figure skating

This is when a skater does not do the number of rotations in a jump that the jump originally planned for.

presentation mark

Sports; Figure skating

The judges award points for the choreography of a routine and how well the choreography was done from a technical standpoint.

program

Sports; Figure skating

The various movements, including jumps and spins, that a skater or skaters perform when on the ice. When taken as a whole this is referred to as a program.