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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accountant

Sports; Figure skating

This is the official who is responsibility it is to collect the different judges scores and then calculate the scores and determine the standings of each skater.

artistic mark

Sports; Figure skating

See Presentation Mark

axel jump

Sports; Figure skating

The name Axel comes from the inventor of the jump, Axel Paulsen who was Norwegian. The skater while moving forward takes off on an outside edge of a skate, they rotate in the air one and one-half ...

backward pumping

Sports; Figure skating

This is a description of a skater using their outside leg to push off the ice while gliding along the ice on the outside edge of their inside skate.

barrier

Sports; Figure skating

This is the wall that surrounds an ice-skating rink.

blade

Sports; Figure skating

This is the piece of metal that is on the bottom of a skate that allows a skater to glide over the ice.

boot

Sports; Figure skating

The boot that Olympic figure skaters wear are custom-made of reinforced leather and have extra ankle bracing to give the skaters foot and ankle has much support as possible so they can do their ...