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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russian split

Sports; Figure skating

This is a jump where the skater goes in the air spreads there legs out wide, legs parallel to the ice, the knees are straight, the toes are pointed and the skater has their hands holding each ankle. ...

salchow

Sports; Figure skating

This is a difficult jump that has the skater taking off from the back inside edge of one skate and then landing on the back outside edge of the other skate.

school figures

Sports; Figure skating

See Compulsory Figures.

scratch spin

Sports; Figure skating

The skater stands straight over their left leg while spinning on an inside edge. Their right leg is extended out in front of them with their thigh raised high, and their arms are raised and out to ...

shadow skating

Sports; Figure skating

See Mirror Skating.

short program

Sports; Figure skating

The Short Program is skated ahead of the Free Skate program and it counts for 33.3 percent of an individual skater's and pairs score. The short program lasts 2 minutes, 40 seconds long and comprises ...