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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carriage

Sports; Figure skating

A descriptive term that refers to the posture of a skater.

centering

Sports; Figure skating

This skater stays in one spot when doing a spin.

closed draw

Sports; Figure skating

See Draw.

combination jump

Sports; Figure skating

Two jumps done in a row, and in a combination jump the second jump must leave the ice from the same foot that the first jump landed on.

combination spin

Sports; Figure skating

When a skater must change their feet and positions when doing a spin while maintaining a constant speed throughout the spin.

composition mark

Sports; Figure skating

These are the first two sets of scores or marks that are awarded in original dance. The judges take into consideration the skaters use of the ice surface, how difficult the routine was, originality, ...

compulsory dances

Sports; Figure skating

In Ice Dancing there are two compulsory dances (chosen from 18, see Dances) and they are each worth 10 percent of the team's total score. All the skaters must complete the same two selected dances to ...