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The history of figure skating stretches back to prehistoric times. ... Competitors were judged on 23 compulsory figures, a four-minute free skating program, ...
The Viennese style of figure skating, as described by Max Wirth's book in 1881, described connecting figures, which ultimately led to modern free skating programs. [ 17 ] In 1868, the American Skating Congress, precursor to U.S. Figure Skating , adopted a series of movements used during competitions between skaters from the U.S. and Canada.
Nathan Chen after his free skate from the 2017 U.S. Figure Skating Championships. According to the ISU, a free skating program for men and women single skaters "consists of a well balanced program of Free Skating elements, such as jumps, spins, steps and other linking movements executed with minimal two-footed skating, in harmony with music of the Competitor's choice". [16]
As the Beijing Winter Olympics get into full swing, take a look back at some of the biggest moments in U.S. figure skating — from the attack on Nancy Kerrigan to the Battle of the Brians.
The American teenager won the World Figure Skating Championship this weekend. Figure Skater Ilia Malinin's Free Skate Program to 'Sucession' Theme Song Makes History Skip to main content
Malinin became the first person to ever land a quad axel in competition, pushing the sport's boundaries with a four-and-a-half revolution jump.
The book was written solely for men, as women did not normally ice skate in the late 18th century. It was with the publication of this manual that ice skating split into its two main disciplines, speed skating and figure skating. The founder of modern figure skating as it is known today was Jackson Haines, an American. He was the first skater ...
Katarina Witt from East Germany won the 1988 women's singles gold medal, becoming the second female figure skater in history to win back-to-back Olympic titles. Yuna Kim of South Korea won the women's singles event in 2010 with world record scores in the short program, free skating, and combined total.