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The World Figure Skating Championships, commonly referred to as "Worlds", are an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. Generally held in March, the World Championships are considered to be the most prestigious of the ISU ...
Figure skating was first contested in the Olympic Games at the 1908 Summer Olympics. Since 1924, the sport has been a part of the Winter Olympic Games. Men's singles, ladies' singles, and pair skating have been held most often. Ice dance joined as a medal sport in 1976 and a team event debuted at the 2014 Olympics.
The men's single figure skating competition of the 2018 Winter Olympics was held on 16 and 17 February 2018 at the Gangneung Ice Arena in Gangneung, South Korea. [1] [2] The short program was held on 16 February and the free skating was held on 17 February. [3] This medal event was the 1000th medal event in the history of the Winter Olympic ...
Men's singles [4] details: Yuzuru Hanyu Japan: 317.85 Shoma Uno Japan: 306.90 Javier Fernández Spain: 305.24 Ladies' singles [5] details: Alina Zagitova Olympic Athletes from Russia: 239.57 Evgenia Medvedeva Olympic Athletes from Russia: 238.26 Kaetlyn Osmond Canada: 231.02 Pair skating [6] details: Aljona Savchenko Bruno Massot Germany: 235. ...
The 2014 and 2018 Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu and the 2018 silver medalist Shoma Uno qualified for the Olympics, whereas the bronze medalist, Javier Fernández, retired from competition in 2019. Nathan Chen, the 2021 World champion, had the highest score in the 2021–22 season prior to the Olympics.
Lake Placid, New York hosted the 1932 Winter Olympics, where figure skating made its fifth Olympic appearance. Figure skating grew in the U.S. following World War II. In 1948, Dick Button became the first American men's skater to win the Olympics, and the first to become World champion.
Figure skating was the first winter sport contested at the Olympics; it made its Olympic debut at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. [1] [163] On March 20, 1914, an international figure skating championship was held in New Haven, Connecticut. This event was the forerunner of both the United States and Canadian National Championships.
The ISU Judging System (IJS) is the scoring system that has been used since 2003 to judge the figure skating disciplines of men's and women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. It was designed and implemented by the International Skating Union (ISU), the ruling body of the sport, and is used in all international competitions sanctioned by ...