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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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repeated element

Sports; Figure skating

Using an element that has already been used in a program. Skaters are not permitted to use a repeated element in a short program.

required elements

Sports; Figure skating

In the singles and pairs short program there are eight required skills the skater must perform and that the judges judge.

reverse lasso

Sports; Figure skating

This is done in pair's competition when the female skater is lifted while facing backwards.

reversed killian

Sports; Figure skating

This is a dance maneuver that has the female skater on the left side of the male skater.

reversed outside position

Sports; Figure skating

When the male skater is to the left of the female skater. See also Outside Position.

rink

Sports; Figure skating

The ice skating rink. In Olympic competitions the rink is 196 feet (60 meters) long and 98 feet (30 meters) wide. In other competitions the rink will be between 183-196 feet ...